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The colour lab

Close to Maximum 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.

Maximum blue purple#ACACE611.3 Cornflower blue#6495ED14.8 cornflowerblue#6495ED14.8 Purple mountain majesty#9678B615.1 Middle blue purple#8B72BE15.4 Blue bell#A2A2D015.5 Wisteria#C9A0DC16.5 Little boy blue#6CA0DC17.3 African violet#B284BE18 French sky blue#77B5FE18.6 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC819.2 Glaucous#6082B619.3

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#9898E1 #E1E198

AnalogousIts neighbours

#9898E1 #98BDE1 #BD98E1

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#9898E1 #E19898 #98E198

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#9898E1 #E1BD98 #BDE198

TintsLighter

#9898E1 #D0D0F1 #EFEFFA #F0F0FA

ShadesDarker

#9898E1 #6969D3 #3939C6 #2C2C96

Contrast with text

White text 2.65:1fails

Black text 7.91:1passes 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.