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The colour lab

Close to Liberty

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.

Liberty#545AA77.4Royal purple#7851A911Cyber grape#58427C11.6Dark slate blue#483D8B11.7darkslateblue#483D8B11.7Middle blue purple#8B72BE11.9Fujimurasaki藤紫#875F9A12.7Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC813YInMn Blue#2E509016.4Purple mountain majesty#9678B616.5Purple navy#4E518017.7Sapphire (Crayola)#2D5DA117.8

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel
AnalogousIts neighbours
TriadicThree evenly spaced
Split complementaryEither side of its opposite
TintsLighter
ShadesDarker

Contrast with text

White text 6.14:1passes AA
Black text 3.42:1large text only

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.