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GET /v1/name

Look up a colour name

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/colorname-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/colorname-api/v1/name" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/colorname-api/v1/name", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/colorname-api/v1/name");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/colorname-api/v1/name",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "hex": "#663399",
        "rgb": [
            102,
            51,
            153
        ],
        "name": "rebeccapurple"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-03T01:09:43.540Z",
        "request_id": "68945c51-cb10-4796-a923-741207efce69"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Look up a colour name",
    "success": true
}