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
#6495ED9.1cornflowerblue#6495ED9.1French sky blue#77B5FE15.7Bleu de France#318CE716.6Tufts blue#3E8EDE16.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE618.2Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.4Dodger blue#1E90FF19.7dodgerblue#1E90FF19.7Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.7Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.7Blue jeans#5DADEC22.3Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.39:1fails
Black text 8.78:1passes 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.