#CBDBD8
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #CBDBD8
#CBDBD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 14% 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 6.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBCBCE — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBDBD8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CBDBD8
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #CBDBD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBDBD8?
#CBDBD8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 14% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #CBDBD8?
Use black text. Black on #CBDBD8 has a contrast ratio of 14.66:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBDBD8?
Its complementary colour is #DBCBCE, and analogous partners are #CBDBD0 and #CBD6DB.