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The colour lab

Close to Violet-blue (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.

Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC810.5 Middle blue purple#8B72BE10.9 Liberty#545AA712.7 Cornflower blue#6495ED13.6 cornflowerblue#6495ED13.6 Purple mountain majesty#9678B615.1 UCLA Blue#2D68C415.2 True Blue#2D68C415.2 Green-blue#1164B416.2 Tufts blue#3E8EDE16.3 Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D216.3 Sapphire (Crayola)#2D5DA116.5

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#707AC7 #C7BD70

AnalogousIts neighbours

#707AC7 #70A6C7 #9170C7

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#707AC7 #C7707A #7AC770

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#707AC7 #C79170 #A6C770

TintsLighter

#707AC7 #A3AADB #D7D9EF #F1F2F9

ShadesDarker

#707AC7 #4653B4 #353F88 #242A5C

Contrast with text

White text 3.96:1large text only

Black text 5.3:1passes AA

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.