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#CCCFE6

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CCCFE6

#CCCFE6 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.5); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6E3CC — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCCFE6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red204
Green207
Blue230

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #CCCFE6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CCCFE6.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CCCFE6.
13.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCCFE6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCCFE6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9D1E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CFE5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7D3D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCCFE6?

#CCCFE6 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 81% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCCFE6?

Use black text. Black on #CCCFE6 has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCCFE6?

Its complementary colour is #E6E3CC, and analogous partners are #CCDCE6 and #D6CCE6.