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#CFE3FC

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CFE3FC

#CFE3FC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCE8CF — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFE3FC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green227
Blue252

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #CFE3FC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFE3FC.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CFE3FC.
16.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE3FC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE3FC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAE4FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DFFB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4E8EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE3FC?

#CFE3FC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE3FC?

Use black text. Black on #CFE3FC has a contrast ratio of 16.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE3FC?

Its complementary colour is #FCE8CF, and analogous partners are #CFFAFC and #D2CFFC.