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
#6495ED13.5cornflowerblue#6495ED13.5Violet-blue (Crayola)#766EC817.7Middle blue purple#8B72BE17.9Maximum blue purple#ACACE618.5Lavender (floral)#B57EDC19.6Mauve#E0B0FF19.7Bleu de France#318CE720.8French sky blue#77B5FE21.1Purple mountain majesty#9678B621.1Medium purple#9370DB21.3mediumpurple#9370DB21.3Harmonies
Contrast with text
White text 2.45:1fails
Black text 8.58:1passes 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.