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#C6DCFD

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #C6DCFD

#C6DCFD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 86% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 10.8); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDE7C6 — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6DCFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green220
Blue253

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.6
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #C6DCFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #C6DCFD.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #C6DCFD.
15.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6DCFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6DCFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1DDFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBD8FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8E3E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6DCFD?

#C6DCFD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 86% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6DCFD?

Use black text. Black on #C6DCFD has a contrast ratio of 15.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6DCFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDE7C6, and analogous partners are #C6F8FD and #CBC6FD.