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#CFCEED

Thistle · very light cool blue

About #CFCEED

#CFCEED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 81% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.8); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECEDCE — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFCEED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green206
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.8
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.1
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #CFCEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFCEED.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFCEED.
13.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFCEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7D1EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6D0EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9D3D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFCEED?

#CFCEED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 81% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFCEED?

Use black text. Black on #CFCEED has a contrast ratio of 13.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFCEED?

Its complementary colour is #ECEDCE, and analogous partners are #CEDCED and #DFCEED.