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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)#B57EDC5.2 Amethyst#9966CC7.9 Medium purple#9370DB9.6 mediumpurple#9370DB9.6 Middle blue purple#8B72BE11.5 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC813.3 Royal purple#7851A914.9 Purple Plum#9C51B615.2 Bright lilac#D891EF15.2 Purple mountain majesty#9678B617.3 French mauve#D473D418.2 African violet#B284BE19.6

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#A375D1 #A3D175

AnalogousIts neighbours

#A375D1 #7575D1 #D175D1

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#A375D1 #D1A375 #75D1A3

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#A375D1 #D1D175 #75D175

TintsLighter

#A375D1 #C7ABE3 #EBE0F5 #F5F0F9

ShadesDarker

#A375D1 #8547C2 #663399 #47246B

Contrast with text

White text 3.49:1large text only

Black text 6.02:1passes 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.