Tartan Register palette

March 18, 2023 11 min 53 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(Aug 2023 edition); captured in data/sources/str-colours, where shades dropped since the 2016 edition are kept flagged superseded.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.

Print it: the Tartan Register shade card (PDF) — every shade as a 24 mm swatch with its code, name and the reference values to dye against.

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 ₉₉	0.000 ₀	—	698
`#FCFCFC`	`W4`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#FCFCFC`	0.991 ₉₈	0.000 ₀	—	69
`#F8F8F8`	`W6`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#F8F8F8`	0.979 ₉₇	0.000 ₀	—	224
`#F0E0C8`	`W3`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#F0E0C8`	0.913 ₉₀	0.036 ₄	78° ₀₇₈	64
`#E0E0E0`	`LN`	Light Grey	White · Grey · Black		`#E0E0E0`	0.907 ₉₀	0.000 ₀	—	666
`#E5DDD1`	`W1`	White	White · Grey · Black	W	`#E5DDD1`	0.901 ₈₉	0.018 ₂	78° ₀₇₈	1746
`#C8C8C8`	`N1`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#C8C8C8`	0.833 ₈₂	0.000 ₀	—	25
`#BCC3D2`	`B1`	Blue	White · Grey · Black	B	`#BCC3D2`	0.816 ₈₁	0.022 ₂	266° ₂₆₇	16
`#C0C0C0`	`N2`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#C0C0C0`	0.808 ₈₀	0.000 ₀	—	28
`#B0B0B0`	`N3`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#B0B0B0`	0.757 ₇₅	0.000 ₀	—	19
`#A0A0A0`	`N4`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#A0A0A0`	0.706 ₇₀	0.000 ₀	—	40
`#789484`	`LG1`	Light Green	White · Grey · Black	LG	`#789484`	0.640 ₆₃	0.040 ₄	160° ₁₅₉	9
`#888888`	`N6`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#888888`	0.627 ₆₂	0.000 ₀	—	407
`#808080`	`N5`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#808080`	0.600 ₅₉	0.000 ₀	—	112
`#646464`	`N7`	Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#646464`	0.503 ₅₀	0.000 ₀	—	63
`#555A64`	`DN1`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#555A64`	0.467 ₄₆	0.017 ₂	264° ₂₆₄	365
`#505050`	`N8`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	N	`#505050`	0.431 ₄₃	0.000 ₀	—	26
`#1C1C1C`	`DN4`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#1C1C1C`	0.226 ₂₂	0.000 ₀	—	26
`#1C1714`	`DN2`	Dark Grey	White · Grey · Black	DN	`#1C1714`	0.209 ₂₁	0.010 ₁	53° ₀₅₄	13
`#101010`	`K1`	Black	White · Grey · Black	K	`#101010`	0.173 ₁₇	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 ₈₇	0.045 ₄	18° ₀₁₈	4
`#E87878`	`LR2`	Light Red	Red	LR	`#E87878`	0.700 ₆₉	0.139 ₁₄	21° ₀₂₁	123
`#F04DB0`	`LR3`	Light Red	Red	LR	`#F04DB0`	0.675 ₆₇	0.220 ₂₂	347° ₃₄₈	26
`#FF5000`	`O3`	Orange	Red	O	`#FF5000`	0.671 ₆₆	0.221 ₂₂	38° ₀₃₉	35
`#FA4B00`	`R2`	Red	Red	R	`#FA4B00`	0.657 ₆₅	0.220 ₂₂	37° ₀₃₆	18
`#E86000`	`O2`	Orange	Red	O	`#E86000`	0.653 ₆₅	0.187 ₁₉	45° ₀₄₅	21
`#FF0000`	`R3`	Red	Red	R	`#FF0000`	0.628 ₆₂	0.258 ₂₆	29° ₀₃₀	253
`#DC0000`	`R4`	Red	Red	R	`#DC0000`	0.562 ₅₆	0.230 ₂₃	29° ₀₃₀	889
`#C82828`	`R6`	Red	Red	R	`#C82828`	0.542 ₅₄	0.196 ₁₉	27° ₀₂₇	72
`#C8002C`	`R7`	Red	Red	R	`#C8002C`	0.526 ₅₂	0.212 ₂₁	22° ₀₂₁	86
`#C80000`	`R5`	Red	Red	R	`#C80000`	0.523 ₅₂	0.215 ₂₁	29° ₀₃₀	2160
`#B03000`	`R8`	Red	Red	R	`#B03000`	0.503 ₅₀	0.171 ₁₇	36° ₀₃₆	95
`#A00048`	`R1`	Red	Red	R	`#A00048`	0.454 ₄₅	0.182 ₁₈	5° ₀₀₆	224
`#A00000`	`DR1`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#A00000`	0.443 ₄₄	0.182 ₁₈	29° ₀₃₀	54
`#901C38`	`DR8`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#901C38`	0.432 ₄₃	0.150 ₁₅	13° ₀₁₂	19
`#960028`	`DR3`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#960028`	0.427 ₄₂	0.171 ₁₇	18° ₀₁₈	14
`#960000`	`DR2`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#960000`	0.423 ₄₂	0.173 ₁₇	29° ₀₃₀	39
`#880000`	`DR4`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#880000`	0.394 ₃₉	0.162 ₁₆	29° ₀₃₀	851
`#781C38`	`DR6`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#781C38`	0.387 ₃₈	0.127 ₁₃	7° ₀₀₆	10
`#800028`	`DR5`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#800028`	0.382 ₃₈	0.152 ₁₅	15° ₀₁₅	29
`#680028`	`DR9`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#680028`	0.331 ₃₃	0.133 ₁₃	8° ₀₀₉	20
`#4C0000`	`DR7`	Dark Red	Red	DR	`#4C0000`	0.262 ₂₆	0.107 ₁₁	29° ₀₃₀	11
`#E8CCB8`	`W2`	White	Orange & Brown	W	`#E8CCB8`	0.863 ₈₅	0.042 ₄	58° ₀₅₇	85
`#E0A126`	`Y5`	Yellow	Orange & Brown	Y	`#E0A126`	0.751 ₇₄	0.146 ₁₄	78° ₀₇₈	329
`#DC943C`	`O4`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#DC943C`	0.723 ₇₂	0.133 ₁₃	68° ₀₆₉	23
`#EC8048`	`O1`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#EC8048`	0.710 ₇₀	0.150 ₁₅	46° ₀₄₅	8
`#C88C00`	`DY3`	Dark Yellow	Orange & Brown	DY	`#C88C00`	0.682 ₆₈	0.142 ₁₄	78° ₀₇₈	14
`#D87C00`	`O5`	Orange	Orange & Brown	O	`#D87C00`	0.673 ₆₇	0.155 ₁₅	62° ₀₆₃	128
`#BE7832`	`DO`	Dark Orange	Orange & Brown		`#BE7832`	0.635 ₆₃	0.121 ₁₂	62° ₀₆₃	50
`#A07C58`	`LT3`	Light Brown	Orange & Brown	LT	`#A07C58`	0.612 ₆₁	0.067 ₇	66° ₀₆₆	7
`#B07430`	`LT4`	Light Brown	Orange & Brown	LT	`#B07430`	0.610 ₆₀	0.112 ₁₁	66° ₀₆₆	87
`#98481C`	`T1`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#98481C`	0.496 ₄₉	0.121 ₁₂	46° ₀₄₅	70
`#604000`	`T3`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#604000`	0.398 ₃₉	0.083 ₈	77° ₀₇₈	269
`#603800`	`T2`	Brown	Orange & Brown	T	`#603800`	0.381 ₃₈	0.084 ₈	67° ₀₆₆	43
`#4C3428`	`DT1`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#4C3428`	0.349 ₃₅	0.040 ₄	48° ₀₄₈	41
`#441800`	`DT2`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#441800`	0.273 ₂₇	0.076 ₈	46° ₀₄₅	180
`#230D00`	`DT3`	Dark Brown	Orange & Brown	DT	`#230D00`	0.190 ₁₉	0.047 ₅	56° ₀₅₇	8
`#FFFF00`	`Y1`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFFF00`	0.968 ₉₆	0.211 ₂₁	110° ₁₁₁	63
`#F9F5C8`	`LY1`	Light Yellow	Yellow	LY	`#F9F5C8`	0.962 ₉₅	0.058 ₆	103° ₁₀₂	10
`#FFE600`	`Y2`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFE600`	0.917 ₉₁	0.192 ₁₉	101° ₁₀₂	150
`#F8E38C`	`LY2`	Light Yellow	Yellow	LY	`#F8E38C`	0.914 ₉₁	0.110 ₁₁	96° ₀₉₆	92
`#FFD700`	`Y3`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FFD700`	0.887 ₈₈	0.182 ₁₈	95° ₀₉₆	75
`#FCCC00`	`Y4`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#FCCC00`	0.862 ₈₅	0.176 ₁₇	92° ₀₉₃	94
`#E8C000`	`Y6`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#E8C000`	0.819 ₈₁	0.168 ₁₇	94° ₀₉₃	1442
`#C4BC68`	`LG2`	Light Green	Yellow	LG	`#C4BC68`	0.784 ₇₈	0.107 ₁₁	104° ₁₀₅	11
`#D8B000`	`Y7`	Yellow	Yellow	Y	`#D8B000`	0.771 ₇₆	0.158 ₁₆	92° ₀₉₃	53
`#C89800`	`DY2`	Dark Yellow	Yellow	DY	`#C89800`	0.706 ₇₀	0.144 ₁₄	86° ₀₈₇	313
`#9C9C00`	`LG3`	Light Green	Yellow	LG	`#9C9C00`	0.671 ₆₆	0.146 ₁₄	110° ₁₁₁	5
`#BC8C00`	`DY1`	Dark Yellow	Yellow	DY	`#BC8C00`	0.668 ₆₆	0.137 ₁₄	84° ₀₈₄	53
`#A08858`	`LT1`	Light Brown	Yellow	LT	`#A08858`	0.637 ₆₃	0.071 ₇	84° ₀₈₄	191
`#8C7038`	`LT2`	Light Brown	Yellow	LT	`#8C7038`	0.560 ₅₅	0.082 ₈	83° ₀₈₄	28
`#503C14`	`T4`	Brown	Yellow	T	`#503C14`	0.370 ₃₇	0.062 ₆	82° ₀₈₁	161
`#00FCFC`	`LB3`	Light Blue	Green	LB	`#00FCFC`	0.897 ₈₉	0.153 ₁₅	195° ₁₉₅	15
`#ACD74A`	`LG4`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#ACD74A`	0.822 ₈₁	0.173 ₁₇	125° ₁₂₆	2
`#86C67C`	`LG5`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#86C67C`	0.765 ₇₆	0.122 ₁₂	141° ₁₄₁	31
`#649848`	`LG6`	Light Green	Green	LG	`#649848`	0.624 ₆₂	0.125 ₁₂	136° ₁₃₅	358
`#289C18`	`G3`	Green	Green	G	`#289C18`	0.606 ₆₀	0.191 ₁₉	142° ₁₄₁	107
`#767E52`	`G7`	Green	Green	G	`#767E52`	0.575 ₅₇	0.064 ₆	117° ₁₁₇	32
`#048888`	`B2`	Blue	Green	B	`#048888`	0.568 ₅₆	0.096 ₁₀	195° ₁₉₅	12
`#008B00`	`G1`	Green	Green	G	`#008B00`	0.552 ₅₅	0.188 ₁₉	142° ₁₄₁	91
`#408060`	`G2`	Green	Green	G	`#408060`	0.548 ₅₄	0.084 ₈	160° ₁₅₉	48
`#007800`	`G5`	Green	Green	G	`#007800`	0.496 ₄₉	0.169 ₁₇	142° ₁₄₁	134
`#5C6428`	`G8`	Green	Green	G	`#5C6428`	0.483 ₄₈	0.084 ₈	116° ₁₁₇	41
`#006818`	`G11`	Green	Green	G	`#006818`	0.450 ₄₅	0.142 ₁₄	145° ₁₄₄	1927
`#00643C`	`G9`	Green	Green	G	`#00643C`	0.443 ₄₄	0.104 ₁₀	158° ₁₅₉	49
`#146400`	`G10`	Green	Green	G	`#146400`	0.439 ₄₃	0.144 ₁₄	141° ₁₄₁	28
`#006400`	`G4`	Green	Green	G	`#006400`	0.436 ₄₃	0.148 ₁₅	142° ₁₄₁	43
`#3F5642`	`G6`	Green	Green	G	`#3F5642`	0.428 ₄₂	0.043 ₄	148° ₁₄₇	26
`#285800`	`G13`	Green	Green	G	`#285800`	0.410 ₄₁	0.122 ₁₂	136° ₁₃₅	43
`#005448`	`G15`	Green	Green	G	`#005448`	0.399 ₄₀	0.073 ₇	179° ₁₈₀	22
`#005020`	`G14`	Green	Green	G	`#005020`	0.377 ₃₇	0.105 ₁₀	150° ₁₅₀	819
`#004C00`	`G12`	Green	Green	G	`#004C00`	0.361 ₃₆	0.123 ₁₂	142° ₁₄₁	165
`#004028`	`DG3`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#004028`	0.328 ₃₂	0.073 ₇	161° ₁₆₂	195
`#003C14`	`DG1`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#003C14`	0.311 ₃₁	0.089 ₉	149° ₁₅₀	127
`#003820`	`DG2`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#003820`	0.300 ₃₀	0.070 ₇	158° ₁₅₉	660
`#002814`	`DG4`	Dark Green	Green	DG	`#002814`	0.244 ₂₄	0.059 ₆	156° ₁₅₆	74
`#82CFFD`	`LB2`	Light Blue	Blue	LB	`#82CFFD`	0.822 ₈₁	0.100 ₁₀	236° ₂₃₇	126
`#98C8E8`	`LB1`	Light Blue	Blue	LB	`#98C8E8`	0.810 ₈₀	0.068 ₇	238° ₂₃₇	556
`#A8ACE8`	`LP1`	Light Purple	Blue	LP	`#A8ACE8`	0.763 ₇₆	0.086 ₉	281° ₂₈₂	2
`#48A4C0`	`B6`	Blue	Blue	B	`#48A4C0`	0.675 ₆₇	0.096 ₉	221° ₂₂₂	17
`#0596FA`	`B8`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0596FA`	0.660 ₆₅	0.180 ₁₈	249° ₂₄₉	11
`#788CB4`	`B11`	Blue	Blue	B	`#788CB4`	0.639 ₆₃	0.065 ₆	264° ₂₆₄	14
`#5C8CA8`	`B4`	Blue	Blue	B	`#5C8CA8`	0.617 ₆₁	0.067 ₇	235° ₂₃₄	34
`#2888C4`	`B5`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2888C4`	0.601 ₅₉	0.125 ₁₂	242° ₂₄₃	15
`#3C82AF`	`B3`	Blue	Blue	B	`#3C82AF`	0.581 ₅₈	0.099 ₁₀	240° ₂₄₀	17
`#2474E8`	`B7`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2474E8`	0.578 ₅₇	0.192 ₁₉	259° ₂₅₈	33
`#5F749C`	`B12`	Blue	Blue	B	`#5F749C`	0.558 ₅₅	0.067 ₇	263° ₂₆₄	92
`#1474B4`	`B14`	Blue	Blue	B	`#1474B4`	0.540 ₅₃	0.129 ₁₃	245° ₂₄₆	34
`#1870A4`	`B13`	Blue	Blue	B	`#1870A4`	0.522 ₅₂	0.113 ₁₁	241° ₂₄₀	51
`#3850C8`	`B10`	Blue	Blue	B	`#3850C8`	0.488 ₄₈	0.188 ₁₉	269° ₂₇₀	31
`#0000FF`	`B9`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0000FF`	0.452 ₄₅	0.313 ₃₁	264° ₂₆₄	31
`#055183`	`DB1`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#055183`	0.421 ₄₂	0.106 ₁₀	246° ₂₄₆	18
`#2C4084`	`B16`	Blue	Blue	B	`#2C4084`	0.394 ₃₉	0.117 ₁₂	268° ₂₆₇	2203
`#0000CD`	`B15`	Blue	Blue	B	`#0000CD`	0.383 ₃₈	0.266 ₂₆	264° ₂₆₄	204
`#2C2C80`	`DB4`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#2C2C80`	0.350 ₃₅	0.138 ₁₄	277° ₂₇₆	23
`#003C64`	`DB2`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#003C64`	0.345 ₃₄	0.089 ₉	246° ₂₄₆	56
`#00008C`	`DB3`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#00008C`	0.289 ₂₉	0.200 ₂₀	264° ₂₆₄	78
`#202060`	`DB7`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#202060`	0.289 ₂₉	0.111 ₁₁	277° ₂₇₆	443
`#14283C`	`DN3`	Dark Grey	Blue	DN	`#14283C`	0.271 ₂₇	0.046 ₅	250° ₂₄₉	35
`#1C0070`	`DB5`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#1C0070`	0.263 ₂₆	0.162 ₁₆	277° ₂₇₆	15
`#1C1C50`	`DB10`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#1C1C50`	0.262 ₂₆	0.093 ₉	278° ₂₇₉	117
`#141E46`	`DB9`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#141E46`	0.252 ₂₅	0.076 ₈	270° ₂₇₀	103
`#000064`	`DB6`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#000064`	0.227 ₂₃	0.158 ₁₆	264° ₂₆₄	27
`#000048`	`DB8`	Dark Blue	Blue	DB	`#000048`	0.182 ₁₈	0.126 ₁₂	264° ₂₆₄	136
`#C49CD8`	`LP2`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#C49CD8`	0.750 ₇₄	0.095 ₉	314° ₃₁₅	16
`#B458AC`	`P3`	Purple	Purple	P	`#B458AC`	0.602 ₆₀	0.158 ₁₆	331° ₃₃₀	43
`#9C68A4`	`LP4`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#9C68A4`	0.594 ₅₉	0.107 ₁₁	322° ₃₂₁	87
`#9058D8`	`P1`	Purple	Purple	P	`#9058D8`	0.584 ₅₈	0.190 ₁₉	301° ₃₀₀	13
`#AA00FF`	`P2`	Purple	Purple	P	`#AA00FF`	0.581 ₅₈	0.299 ₃₀	307° ₃₀₆	20
`#806D84`	`LP3`	Light Purple	Purple	LP	`#806D84`	0.561 ₅₆	0.042 ₄	320° ₃₂₁	20
`#780078`	`P7`	Purple	Purple	P	`#780078`	0.402 ₄₀	0.185 ₁₈	328° ₃₂₇	390
`#64008C`	`P6`	Purple	Purple	P	`#64008C`	0.385 ₃₈	0.193 ₁₉	311° ₃₁₂	61
`#6C0070`	`P4`	Purple	Purple	P	`#6C0070`	0.376 ₃₇	0.174 ₁₇	327° ₃₂₇	79
`#5A008C`	`P5`	Purple	Purple	P	`#5A008C`	0.370 ₃₇	0.191 ₁₉	306° ₃₀₆	157
`#440044`	`DP1`	Dark Purple	Purple	DP	`#440044`	0.271 ₂₇	0.125 ₁₂	328° ₃₂₇	238
`#1E0948`	`DP2`	Dark Purple	Purple	DP	`#1E0948`	0.224 ₂₂	0.107 ₁₁	290° ₂₉₁	31