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The colour lab

Close to Lavender (floral)

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.

Lavender (floral)#B57EDC7.6 Middle blue purple#8B72BE7.9 Amethyst#9966CC12.3 Purple mountain majesty#9678B612.7 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC812.9 Medium purple#9370DB13.5 mediumpurple#9370DB13.5 African violet#B284BE15.3 Bright lilac#D891EF16 Royal purple#7851A916.1 Fujimurasaki藤紫#875F9A17 Purple Plum#9C51B618.6

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#A279CD #A5CD79

AnalogousIts neighbours

#A279CD #797ACD #CC79CD

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#A279CD #CDA279 #79CDA2

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#A279CD #CDCC79 #7ACD79

TintsLighter

#A279CD #C6ADE1 #EAE1F4 #F5F1F9

ShadesDarker

#A279CD #834CBD #643795 #462768

Contrast with text

White text 3.41:1large text only

Black text 6.15:1passes 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.