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
#6495ED6.6cornflowerblue#6495ED6.6Bleu de France#318CE713.9Tufts blue#3E8EDE14.9French sky blue#77B5FE16.6Dodger blue#1E90FF16.9dodgerblue#1E90FF16.9Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC819.1Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.3Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.7Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.5Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.3Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.59:1fails
Black text 8.11:1passes 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.