Nebulae · Nebula · planetary nebula
A planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
Featured palette: Hubble view, 2013 (Sampled from this image)
#7F6E6B#0C0A06#C48C5D#296495#A4BFBD#522706#AA591A
Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).. · released 23 May 2013
About Ring Nebula
A planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra.
| Classification | Nebula (planetary nebula) |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | M57 |
| Distance | 2,500 light-yearsdistance stated by the image publisher · ESA/Hubble |
| Observed light (this view) | Hß, H II, OIII, Continuum, H-alpha, S II, NII |
Why these colours?
Hubble view, 2013
Emission-line filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: Hß (487 nm), H II (469 nm), OIII (502 nm), Continuum (645 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), S II (673 nm), NII (658 nm).
From: Hubble view, 2013 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 Ring Nebula.
Hubble view, 2013
Sampled from this image · Hubble view, 2013
#7F6E6BRGB 127, 110, 107region average#0C0A06RGB 12, 10, 665% of the region#C48C5DRGB 196, 140, 938% of the region#296495RGB 41, 100, 1498% of the region#A4BFBDRGB 164, 191, 1898% of the region#522706RGB 82, 39, 66% of the region#AA591ARGB 170, 89, 265% of the region
See where these colours came from
Creative palettes inspired by Ring 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 Ring Nebula
Inspired by this object
#302E28RGB 48, 46, 40from #0C0A06#6F4224RGB 111, 66, 36from #522706#3C77A9RGB 60, 119, 169from #296495#D47F46RGB 212, 127, 70from #AA591A#ECB181RGB 236, 177, 129from #C48C5D#D3EFECRGB 211, 239, 236from #A4BFBD
Colours of the first view of Ring Nebula with their lightness spread evenly, for a design palette.
Explore the views
Pick a colour from the image. Click or tap the picture to read a colour. Picked colours are yours, not catalogue samples.
No supported 3D model is available for this view. You can still inspect the source imagery and palette.
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 image of the Ring Nebula (Messier 57) — ESA/Hubble
Image credits
- Hubble view, 2013: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).. CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 8a3003ab28b0a3a45e97d63ef879a5c55a2029ded9cb174818f09646aeb3b806).
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 cba0998bc622. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.