The colour lab
Close to Tufts blue
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.
Tufts blue
#3E8EDE5.2Bleu de France#318CE78.4Cornflower blue#6495ED10.3cornflowerblue#6495ED10.3French sky blue#77B5FE12.9Blue jeans#5DADEC13.4Little boy blue#6CA0DC13.9United Nations blue#009EDB14.7French blue#0072BB15.7Star command blue#007BB816.4Spanish blue#0070B816.5Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D217.8Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 3:1large text only
Black text 6.99:1passes 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.