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#C7CEDD

Light Gray · very light cool blue

About #C7CEDD

#C7CEDD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 8.5); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDD6C7 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C7CEDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green206
Blue221

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.6
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #C7CEDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #C7CEDD.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #C7CEDD.
13.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7CEDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7CEDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CACFDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CDDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2D1D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7CEDD?

#C7CEDD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C7CEDD?

Use black text. Black on #C7CEDD has a contrast ratio of 13.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7CEDD?

Its complementary colour is #DDD6C7, and analogous partners are #C7D9DD and #CBC7DD.