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
#6495ED6.8cornflowerblue#6495ED6.8Bleu de France#318CE714.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE15.1French sky blue#77B5FE16.7Dodger blue#1E90FF17.1dodgerblue#1E90FF17.1Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC819Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.5Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.8Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.4Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.1Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.58:1fails
Black text 8.13:1passes 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.