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#6495ED7.9French sky blue#77B5FE14.4Bleu de France#318CE715.3Tufts blue#3E8EDE15.6Little boy blue#6CA0DC18.4Maximum blue purple#ACACE618.7Dodger blue#1E90FF18.7dodgerblue#1E90FF18.7Blue jeans#5DADEC20.9Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC821.6Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D221.7Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.4:1fails
Black text 8.76:1passes 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.