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The colour lab

Close to Middle blue purple

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.

Middle blue purple#8B72BE11.7 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC811.9 Cornflower blue#6495ED12.6 cornflowerblue#6495ED12.6 Purple mountain majesty#9678B616 Lavender (floral)#B57EDC18.6 Bleu de France#318CE719 Tufts blue#3E8EDE19 Medium purple#9370DB19.2 mediumpurple#9370DB19.2 Maximum blue purple#ACACE619.3 Liberty#545AA719.9

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#8B8BDF #DFDF8B

AnalogousIts neighbours

#8B8BDF #8BB5DF #B58BDF

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#8B8BDF #DF8B8B #8BDF8B

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#8B8BDF #DFB58B #B5DF8B

TintsLighter

#8B8BDF #C3C3EF #EFEFFB #F0F0FA

ShadesDarker

#8B8BDF #5B5BD2 #3434BC #26268C

Contrast with text

White text 3.06:1large text only

Black text 6.86:1passes 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.