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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#6495ED11.5 cornflowerblue#6495ED11.5 Maximum blue purple#ACACE615.3 Middle blue purple#8B72BE17.3 French sky blue#77B5FE17.9 Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC818.2 Tufts blue#3E8EDE18.5 Bleu de France#318CE719.1 Little boy blue#6CA0DC19.2 Purple mountain majesty#9678B619.4 Wisteria#C9A0DC20.3 Blue bell#A2A2D020.5

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#959CEF #EFE895

AnalogousIts neighbours

#959CEF #95C9EF #BA95EF

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#959CEF #EF959C #9CEF95

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#959CEF #EFBA95 #C9EF95

TintsLighter

#959CEF #D3D6F8 #EDEFFC #EEEFFC

ShadesDarker

#959CEF #5F6BE7 #2A39DF #1B27B1

Contrast with text

White text 2.54:1fails

Black text 8.28:1passes 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.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.