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#C6DFFD

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #C6DFFD

#C6DFFD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 87% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 10.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDE4C6 — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6DFFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green223
Blue253

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #C6DFFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #C6DFFD.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #C6DFFD.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6DFFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6DFFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4E0FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CEDAFC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8E6E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6DFFD?

#C6DFFD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 87% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6DFFD?

Use black text. Black on #C6DFFD has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6DFFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDE4C6, and analogous partners are #C6FBFD and #C9C6FD.