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#CFDBEF

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFDBEF

#CFDBEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% 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 #EFE3CF — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDBEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green219
Blue239

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #CFDBEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDBEF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDBEF.
15.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFDBEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5DCF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D9EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8DFE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDBEF?

#CFDBEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDBEF?

Use black text. Black on #CFDBEF has a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDBEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFE3CF, and analogous partners are #CFEBEF and #D3CFEF.