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#318CE715.6Tufts blue#3E8EDE17.1Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC817.2Dodger blue#1E90FF17.6dodgerblue#1E90FF17.6French sky blue#77B5FE19.2Middle blue purple#8B72BE19.6Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.8Maximum blue purple#ACACE621.2UCLA Blue#2D68C421.7Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.63:1fails
Black text 8:1passes 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.