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
#6495ED6.2cornflowerblue#6495ED6.2Bleu de France#318CE713.6Tufts blue#3E8EDE14.3French sky blue#77B5FE15.4Dodger blue#1E90FF17.1dodgerblue#1E90FF17.1Little boy blue#6CA0DC18.7Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.7Maximum blue purple#ACACE620Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.1Blue jeans#5DADEC21.4Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.55:1fails
Black text 8.25:1passes 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.