Natural Color System (NCS) palette

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Created at 01/24/2020 23:08

The palette consists of Light, Dark colors. Accent colors Yellow #ffd300 and Blue #0087bd. Palette has Neutral, Cool, Warm colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #000000 (darkest) to #FFFFFF (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma) — 67% of colors are vivid.

Some colors sit roughly opposite each other on the color wheel, giving the palette complementary contrast.

Warm and cool swatches are fairly balanced (2 warm, 2 cool).

HEX codes (sorted): #000000, #0087BD, #009F6B, #C40233, #FFD300, #FFFFFF

Palette Natural Color System (NCS) palette combines 6 color codes:

HEX: #ffffff, RGB: (255, 255, 255); HEX: #000000, RGB: (0, 0, 0); HEX: #009f6b, RGB: (0, 159, 107)

HEX: #c40233, RGB: (196, 2, 51); HEX: #ffd300, RGB: (255, 211, 0); HEX: #0087bd, RGB: (0, 135, 189)

Simplified version of palette colors

White, Black, Tint of seagreen, Shade of crimson, Shade of gold, Shade of steelblue

Color scheme was created by colorswall

Color codes in palette

Natural Color System (NCS) palette color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color	HEX	RGB	Name	Alternative name
#ffffff	#ffffff	RGB(255, 255, 255)	White	—
#000000	#000000	RGB(0, 0, 0)	Black	—
#009f6b	#009f6b	RGB(0, 159, 107)	Green	Surgeon Green
#c40233	#c40233	RGB(196, 2, 51)	Red	Vampire Bite
#ffd300	#ffd300	RGB(255, 211, 0)	Yellow	Yellow Tang
#0087bd	#0087bd	RGB(0, 135, 189)	Blue	Forget-Me-Not

4 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.