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#CFDBF2

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFDBF2

#CFDBF2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2E6CF — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDBF2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green219
Blue242

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #CFDBF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDBF2.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFDBF2.
15.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFDBF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFDBF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4DCF3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D9F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7DFE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDBF2?

#CFDBF2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 86% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDBF2?

Use black text. Black on #CFDBF2 has a contrast ratio of 15.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDBF2?

Its complementary colour is #F2E6CF, and analogous partners are #CFECF2 and #D5CFF2.