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#CFCDDF

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFCDDF

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

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.8); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDDFCD — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFCDDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green205
Blue223

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CFCDDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFCDDF.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFCDDF.
13.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFCDDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9CFE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CEDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCD0D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFCDDF?

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

›What text colour should I use on #CFCDDF?

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

›What colours go with #CFCDDF?

Its complementary colour is #DDDFCD, and analogous partners are #CDD4DF and #D8CDDF.