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The colour lab

Close to Sea green (Crayola)

What is this colour called?

The closest names in the swatch book, nearest first. The number is the distance in CIE Lab space: under 2 is hard to tell apart by eye.

Sea green (Crayola)#00FFCD4.5 Technobotanica#00FFBF8.8 Aquamarine#7FFFD412.1 Medium aquamarine#66DDAA15.9 Caribbean green#00CC9917.5 Turquoise blue#00FFEF18.9 Turquoise#40E0D022.6 Android green#3DDC8423.5 mediumaquamarine#66CDAA24.3 mediumspringgreen#00FA9A24.8 Medium spring green#00FA9A24.8 Mountain Meadow#30BA8F25.1

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#47FFCB #FF477B

AnalogousIts neighbours

#47FFCB #47FF6F #47D7FF

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#47FFCB #CB47FF #FFCB47

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#47FFCB #FF47D7 #FF6F47

TintsLighter

#47FFCB #8FFFDF #D6FFF3 #EBFEF9

ShadesDarker

#47FFCB #0AFFBA #00CC92 #008F66

Contrast with text

White text 1.28:1fails

Black text 16.43:1passes AAA

Ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula. 4.5:1 is the usual minimum for body text.

Through colour-blind eyes

Typical vision

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

No colour

A simulation. Real colour vision varies from person to person.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.