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
#6495ED8.7cornflowerblue#6495ED8.7Bleu de France#318CE715.8Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC816Tufts blue#3E8EDE16.9Middle blue purple#8B72BE18.2Dodger blue#1E90FF18.3dodgerblue#1E90FF18.3Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.5French sky blue#77B5FE19.5Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.5UCLA Blue#2D68C421.1Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.71:1fails
Black text 7.74:1passes 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.