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
#6495ED16.4cornflowerblue#6495ED16.4Medium purple#9370DB16.5mediumpurple#9370DB16.5Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC816.5Lavender (floral)#B57EDC19.1Dodger blue#1E90FF19.6dodgerblue#1E90FF19.6Middle blue purple#8B72BE20.6Amethyst#9966CC21.7Bleu de France#318CE721.8Royal blue (light)#4169E122.2Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.6:1fails
Black text 8.07:1passes 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.