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
#6495ED9.8cornflowerblue#6495ED9.8French sky blue#77B5FE16.6Bleu de France#318CE717.3Tufts blue#3E8EDE17.8Maximum blue purple#ACACE618.4Dodger blue#1E90FF19.9dodgerblue#1E90FF19.9Little boy blue#6CA0DC20.3Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC820.4Middle blue purple#8B72BE21.4Navy blue (Crayola)#1974D222.8Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.37:1fails
Black text 8.84:1passes 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.