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#318CE715.8Dodger blue#1E90FF17.4dodgerblue#1E90FF17.4Tufts blue#3E8EDE17.4Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC818.3French sky blue#77B5FE18.8Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D220.4Middle blue purple#8B72BE20.8Maximum blue purple#ACACE621.3Little boy blue#6CA0DC22.1Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.54:1fails
Black text 8.26:1passes 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.