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#CFD7E4

Light Gray · very light neutral

About #CFD7E4

#CFD7E4 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 84% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% 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 7.4); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4DCCF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFD7E4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red207
Green215
Blue228

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.4
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #CFD7E4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CFD7E4.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #CFD7E4.
14.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFD7E4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFD7E4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D7E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D5E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CADADB

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFD7E4?

#CFD7E4 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 84% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CFD7E4?

Use black text. Black on #CFD7E4 has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFD7E4?

Its complementary colour is #E4DCCF, and analogous partners are #CFE2E4 and #D2CFE4.