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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)#766EC83.9 Middle blue purple#8B72BE9.5 Liberty#545AA713.4 Medium purple#9370DB14.9 mediumpurple#9370DB14.9 UCLA Blue#2D68C415.1 True Blue#2D68C415.1 Cornflower blue#6495ED16.2 cornflowerblue#6495ED16.2 Royal purple#7851A917 Purple mountain majesty#9678B617.1 Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D217.2

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#7977CF #CECF77

AnalogousIts neighbours

#7977CF #77A2CF #A577CF

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#7977CF #CF7977 #77CF79

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#7977CF #CFA577 #A2CF77

TintsLighter

#7977CF #ADACE2 #E1E1F4 #F1F1F9

ShadesDarker

#7977CF #4C4ABF #373597 #26256A

Contrast with text

White text 3.92:1large text only

Black text 5.35:1passes 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.