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
#6495ED4.9cornflowerblue#6495ED4.9Bleu de France#318CE712.5Tufts blue#3E8EDE12.5French sky blue#77B5FE14.2Little boy blue#6CA0DC16.9Dodger blue#1E90FF17.4dodgerblue#1E90FF17.4Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D218.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE619.3Blue jeans#5DADEC19.8Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.1Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.63:1fails
Black text 7.97:1passes 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.