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#CFDAED

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFDAED

#CFDAED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDE2CF — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDAED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green218
Blue237

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CFDAED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDAED.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDAED.
14.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFDAED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4DBEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D8ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8DEE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDAED?

#CFDAED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDAED?

Use black text. Black on #CFDAED has a contrast ratio of 14.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDAED?

Its complementary colour is #EDE2CF, and analogous partners are #CFE9ED and #D3CFED.