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
#6495ED4.3cornflowerblue#6495ED4.3Tufts blue#3E8EDE11.7Bleu de France#318CE711.9French sky blue#77B5FE13.8Little boy blue#6CA0DC16.2Dodger blue#1E90FF17.4dodgerblue#1E90FF17.4Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D218.5Blue jeans#5DADEC19.1Maximum blue purple#ACACE619.3Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.2Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.68:1fails
Black text 7.84:1passes 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.