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
#6495ED6.7cornflowerblue#6495ED6.7Bleu de France#318CE714.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE14.8French sky blue#77B5FE17Dodger blue#1E90FF17.8dodgerblue#1E90FF17.8Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC817.9Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.1Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.2Maximum blue purple#ACACE619.7Middle blue purple#8B72BE19.7Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.67:1fails
Black text 7.87:1passes 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.