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
#6495ED7.9cornflowerblue#6495ED7.9Bleu de France#318CE715.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE16.3Dodger blue#1E90FF17.5dodgerblue#1E90FF17.5French sky blue#77B5FE17.7Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC818.5Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D220.1Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.5Middle blue purple#8B72BE20.7Little boy blue#6CA0DC20.8Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.56:1fails
Black text 8.2:1passes 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.