#CBCDDA
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #CBCDDA
#CBCDDA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 80% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 7.2); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAD8CB — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBCDDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CBCDDA
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CBCDDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBCDDA?
#CBCDDA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 80% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #CBCDDA?
Use black text. Black on #CBCDDA has a contrast ratio of 13.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBCDDA?
Its complementary colour is #DAD8CB, and analogous partners are #CBD5DA and #D0CBDA.