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
#6495ED5.4cornflowerblue#6495ED5.4Bleu de France#318CE712.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE13French sky blue#77B5FE13.9Dodger blue#1E90FF15.7dodgerblue#1E90FF15.7Little boy blue#6CA0DC18.2Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.4Blue jeans#5DADEC19.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE621.3Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC822.2Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.51:1fails
Black text 8.37:1passes 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.