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#CACFDF

Light Gray · very light cool blue

About #CACFDF

#CACFDF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% 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 8.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFDACA — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CACFDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red202
Green207
Blue223

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CACFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CACFDF.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CACFDF.
13.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CACFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBD0E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CEDF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6D2D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CACFDF?

#CACFDF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CACFDF?

Use black text. Black on #CACFDF has a contrast ratio of 13.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CACFDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFDACA, and analogous partners are #CADADF and #CFCADF.