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The colour lab

Close to Cornflower blue

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.

Cornflower blue#6495ED13 cornflowerblue#6495ED13 Middle blue purple#8B72BE15.4 Maximum blue purple#ACACE616.3 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC816.5 Purple mountain majesty#9678B618 Wisteria#C9A0DC19.5 Lavender (floral)#B57EDC19.6 Mauve#E0B0FF20 Tufts blue#3E8EDE20.1 French sky blue#77B5FE20.3 Bleu de France#318CE720.4

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#9898EC #ECEC98

AnalogousIts neighbours

#9898EC #98C2EC #C298EC

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#9898EC #EC9898 #98EC98

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#9898EC #ECC298 #C2EC98

TintsLighter

#9898EC #D4D4F7 #EEEEFC #EEEEFB

ShadesDarker

#9898EC #6464E3 #3030D9 #2020AC

Contrast with text

White text 2.61:1fails

Black text 8.04:1passes 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.