#CDCDD8
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #CDCDD8
#CDCDD8 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 5% cyan, 5% 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 6.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8D8CD — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDCDD8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.32:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CDCDD8
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CDCDD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CDCDD8?
#CDCDD8 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 5% cyan, 5% 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 #CDCDD8?
Use black text. Black on #CDCDD8 has a contrast ratio of 13.32:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CDCDD8?
Its complementary colour is #D8D8CD, and analogous partners are #CDD3D8 and #D3CDD8.