The colour lab
Close to Cornflower 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.
Cornflower blue
#6495ED3.8cornflowerblue#6495ED3.8Bleu de France#318CE711.2Tufts blue#3E8EDE11.9French sky blue#77B5FE14.7Dodger blue#1E90FF15.9dodgerblue#1E90FF15.9Little boy blue#6CA0DC17.6Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D217.8Blue jeans#5DADEC20.1Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.2Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.9Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.68:1fails
Black text 7.83:1passes AAA
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.