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
#6495ED8.9cornflowerblue#6495ED8.9Bleu de France#318CE715.9Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC817.1Tufts blue#3E8EDE17.4Dodger blue#1E90FF17.8dodgerblue#1E90FF17.8French sky blue#77B5FE19.4Middle blue purple#8B72BE19.5Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D219.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE621.1UCLA Blue#2D68C421.8Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.62:1fails
Black text 8.01:1passes 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.