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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)#B57EDC5.4 Amethyst#9966CC10 Middle blue purple#8B72BE10.2 Medium purple#9370DB11.8 mediumpurple#9370DB11.8 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC813.7 Bright lilac#D891EF14.8 Purple mountain majesty#9678B615.2 Royal purple#7851A915.6 Purple Plum#9C51B616.4 African violet#B284BE17.2 French mauve#D473D418.2

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#A577CF #A2CF77

AnalogousIts neighbours

#A577CF #7977CF #CF77CE

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#A577CF #CFA577 #77CFA5

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#A577CF #CECF77 #77CF79

TintsLighter

#A577CF #C8ACE2 #EBE1F4 #F5F1F9

ShadesDarker

#A577CF #874ABF #683597 #49256A

Contrast with text

White text 3.42:1large text only

Black text 6.14:1passes 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.