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#CACCDF

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CACCDF

#CACCDF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 9.4); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFDDCA — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CACCDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green204
Blue223

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #CACCDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CACCDF.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CACCDF.
13.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CACCDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7CEE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7CCDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6CFD2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CACCDF?

#CACCDF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CACCDF?

Use black text. Black on #CACCDF has a contrast ratio of 13.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CACCDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFDDCA, and analogous partners are #CAD7DF and #D2CADF.