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
#6495ED8.8cornflowerblue#6495ED8.8French sky blue#77B5FE13.6Tufts blue#3E8EDE16Bleu de France#318CE716.3Maximum blue purple#ACACE617.4Little boy blue#6CA0DC17.7Dodger blue#1E90FF20.1dodgerblue#1E90FF20.1Blue jeans#5DADEC20.3Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC822.3Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D222.9Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.34:1fails
Black text 8.97:1passes 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.