What are Chinese traditional colors?

A palette of historical Chinese color names drawn from nature, minerals, and dyes, each with its own character name and hex value — used for heritage branding and East-Asian-styled design.

What are Japanese traditional colors?

Also called wasei or washi colors, they come from centuries of textile dyeing, each with a poetic seasonal name and a muted, harmonious tone.

How do I find the named color closest to a hex value?

Paste the hex value and the library sorts each system by color proximity, showing the nearest Chinese, Japanese, and CSS named matches.

Named Color Lookup

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About the Named Color Library

This library brings together three naming systems in one place: Chinese traditional colors, Japanese traditional colors (wasei / washi), and the CSS standard named colors. Search by name or paste any hex value to find the nearest named color in each system.

Chinese traditional colors carry names drawn from nature, minerals, and dyes — like 黛 (dài, a dark blue-black once used for eyebrow paint) or 胭脂 (yānzhī, rouge red). They are widely used in heritage branding, packaging, and editorial design that wants a distinctly East-Asian palette.

Japanese traditional colors evolved through textile dyeing and the seasons, each with a poetic name such as 浅葱 (asagi, pale blue-green) or 茜 (akane, madder red). Their muted, harmonious tones are popular in minimal and craft-led design.

CSS named colors are the 140-odd keywords every browser understands — rebeccapurple, tomato, steelblue — handy for quick prototyping when you don't need an exact brand value.

Common questions

What are Chinese traditional colors? A palette of historical Chinese color names drawn from nature, minerals, and dyes, each with its own character name and hex value — used for heritage branding and East-Asian-styled design.
What are Japanese traditional colors? Also called wasei or washi colors, they come from centuries of textile dyeing, each with a poetic seasonal name and a muted, harmonious tone.
How do I find the named color closest to a hex value? Paste the hex value and the library sorts each system by color proximity, showing the nearest Chinese, Japanese, and CSS named matches.