Rainbow Flag (November 1978)

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Created at 09/22/2019 20:32

The palette consists of Light, Dark colors. Accent colors Yellow #ffff00 and #00c0c0. Palette has Warm, Cool, Neutral colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #400098 (darkest) to #FFFF00 (lightest). The lightness range is wide.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma) — 100% 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 (3 warm, 3 cool).

HEX codes (sorted): #008E00, #00C0C0, #400098, #8E008E, #FF0000, #FF8E00, #FFFF00

Palette Rainbow Flag (November 1978) combines 7 color codes:

HEX: #ff0000, RGB: (255, 0, 0); HEX: #ff8e00, RGB: (255, 142, 0); HEX: #ffff00, RGB: (255, 255, 0)

HEX: #008e00, RGB: (0, 142, 0); HEX: #00c0c0, RGB: (0, 192, 192); HEX: #400098, RGB: (64, 0, 152)

HEX: #8e008e, RGB: (142, 0, 142)

Simplified version of palette colors

Red, Tint of darkorange, Yellow, Shade of forestgreen, Shade of darkturquoise, Shade of indigo, Tint of darkmagenta

Color scheme was created by DylanMurray

Color codes in palette

Rainbow Flag (November 1978) color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color	HEX	RGB	Name	Alternative name
#ff0000	#ff0000	RGB(255, 0, 0)	—	Red
#ff8e00	#ff8e00	RGB(255, 142, 0)	—	—
#ffff00	#ffff00	RGB(255, 255, 0)	—	Yellow
#008e00	#008e00	RGB(0, 142, 0)	—	—
#00c0c0	#00c0c0	RGB(0, 192, 192)	—	—
#400098	#400098	RGB(64, 0, 152)	—	—
#8e008e	#8e008e	RGB(142, 0, 142)	—	—

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