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
#6495ED7.6cornflowerblue#6495ED7.6Bleu de France#318CE714.8Tufts blue#3E8EDE15.2Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC815.9Middle blue purple#8B72BE17.4French sky blue#77B5FE18.3Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D218.8Dodger blue#1E90FF18.9dodgerblue#1E90FF18.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE619.2Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.4Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.81:1fails
Black text 7.48:1passes 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.