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#6495ED6.8Tufts blue#3E8EDE13.8French sky blue#77B5FE14.3Bleu de France#318CE714.5Little boy blue#6CA0DC16.3Maximum blue purple#ACACE617.1Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC819.7Dodger blue#1E90FF19.7dodgerblue#1E90FF19.7Blue jeans#5DADEC19.8Middle blue purple#8B72BE20.4Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.61:1fails
Black text 8.06:1passes 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.