The colour lab
Close to Blue (Weezer Blue Album cover)
What is this colour called?
The closest names in the swatch book, nearest first. The number is the distance in CIE Lab space: under 2 is hard to tell apart by eye.
Blue (Weezer Blue Album cover)
#189BCC2.9Weezy Blue#189BCC2.9Cerulean (Crayola)#1DACD66.4Maximum blue#47ABCC9.2United Nations blue#009EDB9.6Pacific blue#1CA9C99.6Carolina blue#56A0D310.4Blue (Munsell)#0093AF10.6Cyan (process)#00B7EB10.6Blue (NCS)#0087BD10.7Process Cyan#00B9F212.3Sora-iro空色#4D8FAC12.6Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 3.18:1large text only
Black text 6.61:1passes AA
Ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula. 4.5:1 is the usual minimum for body text.
Through colour-blind eyes
Typical vision
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
No colour
A simulation. Real colour vision varies from person to person.