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
#6495ED9.2cornflowerblue#6495ED9.2Bleu de France#318CE716.3Tufts blue#3E8EDE17.6French sky blue#77B5FE17.9Dodger blue#1E90FF18.2dodgerblue#1E90FF18.2Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC819.4Maximum blue purple#ACACE620.4Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D221.3Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.4Little boy blue#6CA0DC21.5Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.46:1fails
Black text 8.54:1passes 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.