Nebulae · Nebula · H II region
A star-forming region in Sagittarius. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
Featured palette: Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018 (Sampled from this image)
#68595F#453F4C#2C2624#7B4C3D#585D6E#947C7E#B1B5B1
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. · released 19 April 2018
About Lagoon Nebula
A star-forming region in Sagittarius.
| Classification | Nebula (H II region) |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | M8 |
| Distance | 4,000 light-yearsdistance stated by the image publisher · ESA/Hubble |
| Observed light (this view) | OIII, H-alpha, NII, y |
Why these colours?
Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018
Visible-light filters including emission lines. Filters listed by the publisher: OIII (502 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), NII (658 nm), y (547 nm).
From: Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018 Visible-light composite
Colour clusters describe pixels in an image; they cannot identify a mineral, a gas or a physical temperature. Shares of pixels describe the sampled region of the image, not the object’s surface.
Colours from selected views
Palettes sampled from identified images and regions, or calculated from a documented model. These values describe each image or model, not one permanent colour of Lagoon Nebula.
Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018
Sampled from this image · Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018
#68595FRGB 104, 89, 95region average#453F4CRGB 69, 63, 7627% of the region#2C2624RGB 44, 38, 3621% of the region#7B4C3DRGB 123, 76, 6118% of the region#585D6ERGB 88, 93, 11016% of the region#947C7ERGB 148, 124, 12614% of the region#B1B5B1RGB 177, 181, 1775% of the region
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Creative palettes inspired by Lagoon Nebula
A design derived from the selected representation. It is not a scientific colour measurement. Each colour keeps the sampled colour it was made from.
Inspired by Lagoon Nebula
Inspired by this object
#322C2ARGB 50, 44, 42from #2C2624#524C59RGB 82, 76, 89from #453F4C#956454RGB 149, 100, 84from #7B4C3D#9197AARGB 145, 151, 170from #585D6E#D1B8BARGB 209, 184, 186from #947C7E#E5E9E5RGB 229, 233, 229from #B1B5B1
Colours of the first view of Lagoon Nebula with their lightness spread evenly, for a design palette.
Explore the views
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Use these colours
Every palette above opens in the palette generator. With JavaScript you can also add colours to your cosmic palette, save them, make a gradient or pattern, preview them in a design or a room (you choose which colour goes on which surface), check digital accessibility and export them. Each colour keeps the view and sample it came from.
Paint matches compare digital swatches for design inspiration. They are not physical equivalents of light from space. Edits create a new design palette. The original representation remains unchanged.
Sources
- Hubble FAQs — image processing and colour — NASA
- Hubble's 28th birthday picture: The Lagoon Nebula — ESA/Hubble
Image credits
- Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018: NASA, ESA, STScI. CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 43cb96804e1b09c3bb3dbe00770719838f90eac34557971636a709ff8eddff6e).
Images were resized once for the web; colours were measured from the published files (k-means in OKLab, pcke-oklab-kmeans-1); calculated colours use the CIE 1931 2° observer. Facts last reviewed 25 October 2026. Catalogue pcke-cosmos-2026-10-25, page revision 496259382a5e. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.