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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)#766EC812.2 Cornflower blue#6495ED13.2 cornflowerblue#6495ED13.2 Middle blue purple#8B72BE15.4 Medium purple#9370DB16.3 mediumpurple#9370DB16.3 Lavender (floral)#B57EDC18 Bleu de France#318CE719.1 Dodger blue#1E90FF19.9 dodgerblue#1E90FF19.9 Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D220.2 UCLA Blue#2D68C420.4

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#8C8EED #EDEB8C

AnalogousIts neighbours

#8C8EED #8CBEED #BB8CED

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#8C8EED #ED8C8E #8EED8C

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#8C8EED #EDBB8C #BEED8C

TintsLighter

#8C8EED #CACBF7 #EDEEFC #EEEEFC

ShadesDarker

#8C8EED #575AE5 #2226DD #1A1DA8

Contrast with text

White text 2.91:1fails

Black text 7.21:1passes 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.