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
#6495ED6.1cornflowerblue#6495ED6.1Bleu de France#318CE713.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE13.6French sky blue#77B5FE13.6Dodger blue#1E90FF16.8dodgerblue#1E90FF16.8Little boy blue#6CA0DC17.9Blue jeans#5DADEC19.9Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D220.2Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.3Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC822.2Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.47:1fails
Black text 8.51:1passes 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.