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#CCCEDE

Light Gray · very light cool blue

About #CCCEDE

#CCCEDE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% 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 8.6); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEDCCC — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCCEDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green206
Blue222

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.6
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #CCCEDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCCEDE.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CCCEDE.
13.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCCEDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CACFDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CEDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8D1D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCCEDE?

#CCCEDE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCCEDE?

Use black text. Black on #CCCEDE has a contrast ratio of 13.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCCEDE?

Its complementary colour is #DEDCCC, and analogous partners are #CCD7DE and #D3CCDE.