Created at 09/22/2019 20:32
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Rainbow Flag (November 1978)

  • #ff0000
  • #ff8e00
  • #ffff00
  • #008e00
  • #00c0c0
  • #400098
  • #8e008e
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 #008E00 (darkest) to #FF0000 (lightest). The lightness range is moderate.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma).

Some hue pairs sit near complementary positions — you may read this as complementary contrast (loose heuristic).

Warm and cool swatches are fairly balanced.

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

Palette Rainbow Flag (November 1978) has combination of 7 codes colors:
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, Shade of darkorange, Yellow, Tint of forestgreen, Tint of darkturquoise, Tint of indigo, Shade of darkmagenta
Color scheme was created by DylanMurray

Colors 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)

Color Palette Contrast

8 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text Color Background Color Contrast Ratio
#ff0000
#ff8e00
1.73
#ff0000
#008e00
1.07
#ff0000
#00c0c0
1.77
#ff8e00
#008e00
1.87
#ff8e00
#00c0c0
1.01
#008e00
#00c0c0
1.91

Image palette Rainbow Flag (November 1978) png