Tartan Register palette

March 18, 2023 11 min 45 s

The Scottish Register of Tartans' standard colour list — every shade the Register records threadcounts against, from its published 'Tartan Register colours' document (Aug 2023 edition); captured in data/sources/str-colours, where shades dropped since the 2016 edition are kept flagged superseded. Codes are numbered in document order where the Register reuses one code for several shades (R1…R11); ref keeps the published code.

Like the base-six palette, the Register's shades arrange by intensity — the codes carry it themselves: an L prefix is the light band, a D prefix the dark, W and K the caps.

White

W2W5W4W6W3W1

Light

LR1LR2LR3LT3LT4LY1LY2LG2LG3LT1LT2LB3LG4LG5LG6LB2LB1LP1LP2LP4LP3LNLG1

Mid

O3R2O2R3R4R6R7R5R8R1Y5O4O1O5T1T3T2Y1Y2Y3Y4Y6Y7T4G3G7B2G1G2G5G8G11G9G10G4G6G13G15G14G12B6B8B11B4B5B3B7B12B14B13B10B9B16B15P3P1P2P7P6P4P5N1B1N2N3N4N6N5N7N8

Dark

DR1DR8DR3DR2DR4DR6DR5DR9DR7DY3DODT1DT2DT3DY2DY1DG3DG1DG2DG4DB1DB4DB2DB3DB7DN3DB5DB10DB9DB6DB8DP1DP2DN1DN4DN2

Black

K1K2

And plotted over the fine grid in three illuminance layers — light, mid and dark. Each wheel is one lightness layer plotted in OKLab's own dimensions: the angle is hue — red at the top, then clockwise through orange and brown, yellow, green, blue and purple, the wheel's jog order — and the radius is chroma, with rings every 0.05. The faint grey dots are the fine grid at that lightness; the red dashed line is the dyeable limit. Hover a dot for its code, name and hex. The small dots are the human palette, the full dots this palette's own shades — so you can read how it lands among the named colours.

The shades

Each shade in OKLCh — lightness L, chroma C and hue h (degrees). The small number under each is that axis's fine-grid index: the lattice level, chroma ring and snapped hue angle that together make the shade's grid code.

Shade	Code	Name	Family	Ref	sRGB	L	C	h	Records
`#FFFFFF`	`W5`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#FFFFFF`	1.000 ₄₀	0.000 ₀	—	698
`#FCFCFC`	`W4`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#FCFCFC`	0.991 ₄₀	0.000 ₀	—	69
`#F8F8F8`	`W6`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#F8F8F8`	0.979 ₃₉	0.000 ₀	—	224
`#F0E0C8`	`W3`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#F0E0C8`	0.913 ₃₇	0.036 ₁	78° ₀₆₀	64
`#E0E0E0`	`LN`	Light Grey	White · Grey · Black		`#E0E0E0`	0.907 ₃₆	0.000 ₀	—	666
`#E5DDD1`	`W1`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#E5DDD1`	0.901 ₃₆	0.018 ₁	78° ₀₆₀	1746
`#C8C8C8`	`N1`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#C8C8C8`	0.833 ₃₃	0.000 ₀	—	25
`#BCC3D2`	`B1`	Blue	White · Grey · Black	B	`#BCC3D2`	0.816 ₃₃	0.022 ₁	266° ₂₄₀	16
`#C0C0C0`	`N2`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#C0C0C0`	0.808 ₃₂	0.000 ₀	—	28
`#B0B0B0`	`N3`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#B0B0B0`	0.757 ₃₀	0.000 ₀	—	19
`#A0A0A0`	`N4`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#A0A0A0`	0.706 ₂₈	0.000 ₀	—	40
`#789484`	`LG1`	Light Green	White · Grey · Black	LG	`#789484`	0.640 ₂₆	0.040 ₂	160° ₁₆₆	9
`#888888`	`N6`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#888888`	0.627 ₂₅	0.000 ₀	—	407
`#808080`	`N5`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#808080`	0.600 ₂₄	0.000 ₀	—	112
`#646464`	`N7`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#646464`	0.503 ₂₀	0.000 ₀	—	63
`#555A64`	`DN1`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#555A64`	0.467 ₁₉	0.017 ₁	264° ₂₄₀	365
`#505050`	`N8`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#505050`	0.431 ₁₇	0.000 ₀	—	26
`#1C1C1C`	`DN4`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#1C1C1C`	0.226 ₉	0.000 ₀	—	26
`#1C1714`	`DN2`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#1C1714`	0.209 ₈	0.010 ₀	—	13
`#101010`	`K1`	Black	White · Grey · Black	K	`#101010`	0.173 ₇	0.000 ₀	—	4170
`#000000`	`K2`	Black	White · Grey · Black	K	`#000000`	0.000 ₀	0.000 ₀	—	410
`#F4CCCC`	`LR1`	Light Red	Red	LR	`#F4CCCC`	0.879 ₃₅	0.045 ₂	18° ₀₂₈	4
`#E87878`	`LR2`	Light Red	Red	LR	`#E87878`	0.700 ₂₈	0.139 ₆	21° ₀₁₉	123
`#F04DB0`	`LR3`	Light Red	Red	LR	`#F04DB0`	0.675 ₂₇	0.220 ₉	347° ₃₄₇	26
`#FF5000`	`O3`	Orange	Red	O	`#FF5000`	0.671 ₂₇	0.221 ₉	38° ₀₃₈	35
`#FA4B00`	`R2`	Red	Red	R	`#FA4B00`	0.657 ₂₆	0.220 ₉	37° ₀₃₈	18
`#E86000`	`O2`	Orange	Red	O	`#E86000`	0.653 ₂₆	0.187 ₇	45° ₀₄₁	21
`#FF0000`	`R3`	Red	Red	R	`#FF0000`	0.628 ₂₅	0.258 ₁₀	29° ₀₂₉	253
`#DC0000`	`R4`	Red	Red	R	`#DC0000`	0.562 ₂₂	0.230 ₉	29° ₀₃₂	889
`#C82828`	`R6`	Red	Red	R	`#C82828`	0.542 ₂₂	0.196 ₈	27° ₀₂₉	72
`#C8002C`	`R7`	Red	Red	R	`#C8002C`	0.526 ₂₁	0.212 ₈	22° ₀₂₂	86
`#C80000`	`R5`	Red	Red	R	`#C80000`	0.523 ₂₁	0.215 ₉	29° ₀₃₂	2160
`#B03000`	`R8`	Red	Red	R	`#B03000`	0.503 ₂₀	0.171 ₇	36° ₀₃₃	95
`#A00048`	`R1`	Red	Red	R	`#A00048`	0.454 ₁₈	0.182 ₇	5° ₀₀₈	224
`#A00000`	`DR1`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#A00000`	0.443 ₁₈	0.182 ₇	29° ₀₃₃	54
`#901C38`	`DR8`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#901C38`	0.432 ₁₇	0.150 ₆	13° ₀₀₉	19
`#960028`	`DR3`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#960028`	0.427 ₁₇	0.171 ₇	18° ₀₁₆	14
`#960000`	`DR2`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#960000`	0.423 ₁₇	0.173 ₇	29° ₀₃₃	39
`#880000`	`DR4`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#880000`	0.394 ₁₆	0.162 ₆	29° ₀₂₈	851
`#781C38`	`DR6`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#781C38`	0.387 ₁₅	0.127 ₅	7° ₀₁₂	10
`#800028`	`DR5`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#800028`	0.382 ₁₅	0.152 ₆	15° ₀₁₉	29
`#680028`	`DR9`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#680028`	0.331 ₁₃	0.133 ₅	8° ₀₁₂	20
`#4C0000`	`DR7`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#4C0000`	0.262 ₁₀	0.107 ₄	29° ₀₂₉	11
`#E8CCB8`	`W2`	White	Orange & Brown	W	`#E8CCB8`	0.863 ₃₅	0.042 ₂	58° ₀₅₅	85
`#E0A126`	`Y5`	Yellow	Orange & Brown	Y	`#E0A126`	0.751 ₃₀	0.146 ₆	78° ₀₇₆	329
`#DC943C`	`O4`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#DC943C`	0.723 ₂₉	0.133 ₅	68° ₀₇₀	23
`#EC8048`	`O1`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#EC8048`	0.710 ₂₈	0.150 ₆	46° ₀₄₇	8
`#C88C00`	`DY3`	Dark Yellow	Orange & Brown	DY	`#C88C00`	0.682 ₂₇	0.142 ₆	78° ₀₇₆	14
`#D87C00`	`O5`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#D87C00`	0.673 ₂₇	0.155 ₆	62° ₀₆₆	128
`#BE7832`	`DO`	Dark Orange	Orange & Brown		`#BE7832`	0.635 ₂₅	0.121 ₅	62° ₀₅₈	50
`#A07C58`	`LT3`	Light Brown	Orange & Brown	LT	`#A07C58`	0.612 ₂₄	0.067 ₃	66° ₀₅₇	7
`#B07430`	`LT4`	Light Brown	Orange & Brown	LT	`#B07430`	0.610 ₂₄	0.112 ₄	66° ₀₇₂	87
`#98481C`	`T1`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#98481C`	0.496 ₂₀	0.121 ₅	46° ₀₄₆	70
`#604000`	`T3`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#604000`	0.398 ₁₆	0.083 ₃	77° ₀₇₆	269
`#603800`	`T2`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#603800`	0.381 ₁₅	0.084 ₃	67° ₀₇₆	43
`#4C3428`	`DT1`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#4C3428`	0.349 ₁₄	0.040 ₂	48° ₀₅₅	41
`#441800`	`DT2`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#441800`	0.273 ₁₁	0.076 ₃	46° ₀₃₈	180
`#230D00`	`DT3`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#230D00`	0.190 ₈	0.047 ₂	56° ₀₅₅	8
`#FFFF00`	`Y1`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFFF00`	0.968 ₃₉	0.211 ₈	110° ₁₀₈	63
`#F9F5C8`	`LY1`	Light Yellow	Yellow	LY	`#F9F5C8`	0.962 ₃₈	0.058 ₂	103° ₁₁₁	10
`#FFE600`	`Y2`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFE600`	0.917 ₃₇	0.192 ₈	101° ₁₀₁	150
`#F8E38C`	`LY2`	Light Yellow	Yellow	LY	`#F8E38C`	0.914 ₃₇	0.110 ₄	96° ₁₀₁	92
`#FFD700`	`Y3`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFD700`	0.887 ₃₅	0.182 ₇	95° ₀₉₈	75
`#FCCC00`	`Y4`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FCCC00`	0.862 ₃₄	0.176 ₇	92° ₀₉₀	94
`#E8C000`	`Y6`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#E8C000`	0.819 ₃₃	0.168 ₇	94° ₀₉₀	1442
`#C4BC68`	`LG2`	Light Green	Yellow	LG	`#C4BC68`	0.784 ₃₁	0.107 ₄	104° ₁₀₁	11
`#D8B000`	`Y7`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#D8B000`	0.771 ₃₁	0.158 ₆	92° ₀₉₅	53
`#C89800`	`DY2`	Dark Yellow	Yellow	DY	`#C89800`	0.706 ₂₈	0.144 ₆	86° ₀₈₅	313
`#9C9C00`	`LG3`	Light Green	Yellow	LG	`#9C9C00`	0.671 ₂₇	0.146 ₆	110° ₁₁₄	5
`#BC8C00`	`DY1`	Dark Yellow	Yellow	DY	`#BC8C00`	0.668 ₂₇	0.137 ₅	84° ₀₈₁	53
`#A08858`	`LT1`	Light Brown	Yellow	LT	`#A08858`	0.637 ₂₅	0.071 ₃	84° ₀₇₆	191
`#8C7038`	`LT2`	Light Brown	Yellow	LT	`#8C7038`	0.560 ₂₂	0.082 ₃	83° ₀₇₆	28
`#503C14`	`T4`	Brown	Yellow	T	`#503C14`	0.370 ₁₅	0.062 ₂	82° ₀₈₃	161
`#00FCFC`	`LB3`	Light Blue	Green	LB	`#00FCFC`	0.897 ₃₆	0.153 ₆	195° ₁₉₉	15
`#ACD74A`	`LG4`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#ACD74A`	0.822 ₃₃	0.173 ₇	125° ₁₂₃	2
`#86C67C`	`LG5`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#86C67C`	0.765 ₃₁	0.122 ₅	141° ₁₃₉	31
`#649848`	`LG6`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#649848`	0.624 ₂₅	0.125 ₅	136° ₁₃₉	358
`#289C18`	`G3`	Green	Green	G	`#289C18`	0.606 ₂₄	0.191 ₈	142° ₁₄₄	107
`#767E52`	`G7`	Green	Green	G	`#767E52`	0.575 ₂₃	0.064 ₃	117° ₁₁₄	32
`#048888`	`B2`	Blue	Green	B	`#048888`	0.568 ₂₃	0.096 ₄	195° ₂₀₂	12
`#008B00`	`G1`	Green	Green	G	`#008B00`	0.552 ₂₂	0.188 ₈	142° ₁₄₄	91
`#408060`	`G2`	Green	Green	G	`#408060`	0.548 ₂₂	0.084 ₃	160° ₁₅₂	48
`#007800`	`G5`	Green	Green	G	`#007800`	0.496 ₂₀	0.169 ₇	142° ₁₃₉	134
`#5C6428`	`G8`	Green	Green	G	`#5C6428`	0.483 ₁₉	0.084 ₃	116° ₁₁₄	41
`#006818`	`G11`	Green	Green	G	`#006818`	0.450 ₁₈	0.142 ₆	145° ₁₄₂	1927
`#00643C`	`G9`	Green	Green	G	`#00643C`	0.443 ₁₈	0.104 ₄	158° ₁₅₈	49
`#146400`	`G10`	Green	Green	G	`#146400`	0.439 ₁₈	0.144 ₆	141° ₁₄₂	28
`#006400`	`G4`	Green	Green	G	`#006400`	0.436 ₁₇	0.148 ₆	142° ₁₄₂	43
`#3F5642`	`G6`	Green	Green	G	`#3F5642`	0.428 ₁₇	0.043 ₂	148° ₁₃₈	26
`#285800`	`G13`	Green	Green	G	`#285800`	0.410 ₁₆	0.122 ₅	136° ₁₃₉	43
`#005448`	`G15`	Green	Green	G	`#005448`	0.399 ₁₆	0.073 ₃	179° ₁₇₁	22
`#005020`	`G14`	Green	Green	G	`#005020`	0.377 ₁₅	0.105 ₄	150° ₁₄₄	819
`#004C00`	`G12`	Green	Green	G	`#004C00`	0.361 ₁₄	0.123 ₅	142° ₁₃₉	165
`#004028`	`DG3`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#004028`	0.328 ₁₃	0.073 ₃	161° ₁₅₂	195
`#003C14`	`DG1`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#003C14`	0.311 ₁₂	0.089 ₄	149° ₁₄₄	127
`#003820`	`DG2`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#003820`	0.300 ₁₂	0.070 ₃	158° ₁₅₂	660
`#002814`	`DG4`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#002814`	0.244 ₁₀	0.059 ₂	156° ₁₆₆	74
`#82CFFD`	`LB2`	Light Blue	Blue	LB	`#82CFFD`	0.822 ₃₃	0.100 ₄	236° ₂₃₀	126
`#98C8E8`	`LB1`	Light Blue	Blue	LB	`#98C8E8`	0.810 ₃₂	0.068 ₃	238° ₂₄₆	556
`#A8ACE8`	`LP1`	Light Purple	Blue	LP	`#A8ACE8`	0.763 ₃₁	0.086 ₃	281° ₂₈₄	2
`#48A4C0`	`B6`	Blue	Blue	B	`#48A4C0`	0.675 ₂₇	0.096 ₄	221° ₂₁₆	17
`#0596FA`	`B8`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0596FA`	0.660 ₂₆	0.180 ₇	249° ₂₄₅	11
`#788CB4`	`B11`	Blue	Blue	B	`#788CB4`	0.639 ₂₆	0.065 ₃	264° ₂₆₅	14
`#5C8CA8`	`B4`	Blue	Blue	B	`#5C8CA8`	0.617 ₂₅	0.067 ₃	235° ₂₂₇	34
`#2888C4`	`B5`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2888C4`	0.601 ₂₄	0.125 ₅	242° ₂₄₄	15
`#3C82AF`	`B3`	Blue	Blue	B	`#3C82AF`	0.581 ₂₃	0.099 ₄	240° ₂₄₅	17
`#2474E8`	`B7`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2474E8`	0.578 ₂₃	0.192 ₈	259° ₂₅₉	33
`#5F749C`	`B12`	Blue	Blue	B	`#5F749C`	0.558 ₂₂	0.067 ₃	263° ₂₆₅	92
`#1474B4`	`B14`	Blue	Blue	B	`#1474B4`	0.540 ₂₂	0.129 ₅	245° ₂₄₄	34
`#1870A4`	`B13`	Blue	Blue	B	`#1870A4`	0.522 ₂₁	0.113 ₅	241° ₂₄₄	51
`#3850C8`	`B10`	Blue	Blue	B	`#3850C8`	0.488 ₂₀	0.188 ₈	269° ₂₆₆	31
`#0000FF`	`B9`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0000FF`	0.452 ₁₈	0.313 ₁₃	264° ₂₆₃	31
`#055183`	`DB1`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#055183`	0.421 ₁₇	0.106 ₄	246° ₂₄₅	18
`#2C4084`	`B16`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2C4084`	0.394 ₁₆	0.117 ₅	268° ₂₆₇	2203
`#0000CD`	`B15`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0000CD`	0.383 ₁₅	0.266 ₁₁	264° ₂₆₆	204
`#2C2C80`	`DB4`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#2C2C80`	0.350 ₁₄	0.138 ₆	277° ₂₇₅	23
`#003C64`	`DB2`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#003C64`	0.345 ₁₄	0.089 ₄	246° ₂₄₅	56
`#00008C`	`DB3`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#00008C`	0.289 ₁₂	0.200 ₈	264° ₂₆₆	78
`#202060`	`DB7`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#202060`	0.289 ₁₂	0.111 ₄	277° ₂₇₄	443
`#14283C`	`DN3`	Dark Grey	Blue	DN	`#14283C`	0.271 ₁₁	0.046 ₂	250° ₂₄₉	35
`#1C0070`	`DB5`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#1C0070`	0.263 ₁₁	0.162 ₆	277° ₂₇₅	15
`#1C1C50`	`DB10`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#1C1C50`	0.262 ₁₀	0.093 ₄	278° ₂₇₄	117
`#141E46`	`DB9`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#141E46`	0.252 ₁₀	0.076 ₃	270° ₂₆₅	103
`#000064`	`DB6`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#000064`	0.227 ₉	0.158 ₆	264° ₂₆₅	27
`#000048`	`DB8`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#000048`	0.182 ₇	0.126 ₅	264° ₂₆₇	136
`#C49CD8`	`LP2`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#C49CD8`	0.750 ₃₀	0.095 ₄	314° ₃₁₇	16
`#B458AC`	`P3`	Purple	Purple	P	`#B458AC`	0.602 ₂₄	0.158 ₆	331° ₃₃₂	43
`#9C68A4`	`LP4`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#9C68A4`	0.594 ₂₄	0.107 ₄	322° ₃₁₇	87
`#9058D8`	`P1`	Purple	Purple	P	`#9058D8`	0.584 ₂₃	0.190 ₈	301° ₃₀₂	13
`#AA00FF`	`P2`	Purple	Purple	P	`#AA00FF`	0.581 ₂₃	0.299 ₁₂	307° ₃₀₇	20
`#806D84`	`LP3`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#806D84`	0.561 ₂₂	0.042 ₂	320° ₃₃₂	20
`#780078`	`P7`	Purple	Purple	P	`#780078`	0.402 ₁₆	0.185 ₇	328° ₃₂₇	390
`#64008C`	`P6`	Purple	Purple	P	`#64008C`	0.385 ₁₅	0.193 ₈	311° ₃₁₀	61
`#6C0070`	`P4`	Purple	Purple	P	`#6C0070`	0.376 ₁₅	0.174 ₇	327° ₃₂₇	79
`#5A008C`	`P5`	Purple	Purple	P	`#5A008C`	0.370 ₁₅	0.191 ₈	306° ₃₁₀	157
`#440044`	`DP1`	Dark Purple	Purple	DP	`#440044`	0.271 ₁₁	0.125 ₅	328° ₃₂₅	238
`#1E0948`	`DP2`	Dark Purple	Purple	DP	`#1E0948`	0.224 ₉	0.107 ₄	290° ₂₈₈	31