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#CFD8F2

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFD8F2

#CFD8F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.0); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2E9CF — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFD8F2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green216
Blue242

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CFD8F2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFD8F2.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFD8F2.
14.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFD8F2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFD8F2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1DAF3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED7F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7DDE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFD8F2?

#CFD8F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFD8F2?

Use black text. Black on #CFD8F2 has a contrast ratio of 14.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFD8F2?

Its complementary colour is #F2E9CF, and analogous partners are #CFEAF2 and #D8CFF2.