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
#6495ED7.1cornflowerblue#6495ED7.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE14.2Bleu de France#318CE714.7French sky blue#77B5FE16.2Little boy blue#6CA0DC17.2Maximum blue purple#ACACE617.5Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC817.6Middle blue purple#8B72BE18.3Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.6Dodger blue#1E90FF19.8dodgerblue#1E90FF19.8Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.74:1fails
Black text 7.67:1passes 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.