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
#6495ED7.8cornflowerblue#6495ED7.8Bleu de France#318CE714.6Tufts blue#3E8EDE16.3Dodger blue#1E90FF16.4dodgerblue#1E90FF16.4French sky blue#77B5FE18.1Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC818.7Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.5Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.5Little boy blue#6CA0DC21.5Maximum blue purple#ACACE621.7Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.57:1fails
Black text 8.18:1passes 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.