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#CBCAFC — Pale Vivid Blue

#CBCAFC is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#CBCAFC is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FBFCCA; it also sits naturally between #CAE2FC and #E4CAFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBCAFC · RGB 203, 202, 252

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Color values

HEX#CBCAFC
RGB203, 202, 252
HSL241°, 89%, 89%
HSV241°, 20%, 99%
CMYK19%, 20%, 0%, 1%
XYZ63.32, 61.97, 100.72
Yxy61.97, 0.2802, 0.2742
CIE-Lab82.90, 10.41, -24.36
Hunter Lab78.72, 10.19, -26.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 79% · Blue 99%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CBCAFC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBCAFC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBCAFC

.text { color: #CBCAFC; }
.background { background-color: #CBCAFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBCAFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 202, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(241, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBCAFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 202, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBCAFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 202, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBCAFC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBCAFC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBCAFC

#A5A3FA#7A78F7#5451F5#2A26F2#110DE3#0E0BB7#0B0891#070665#05043F#010113

Tints of #CBCAFC

#D0CFFC#D0CFFC#D4D4FC#D9D8FD#DEDDFD#DEDDFD#E3E2FD#E7E7FE#E7E7FE#ECECFE

Tones of #CBCAFC

#CECEF8#D2D1F5#D5D5F1#D9D8EE#DCDCEA#DFDFE7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FBFCCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBCAFC: #000000.

How #CBCAFC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CBCBF0Deuteranopia · #CBCBEDTritanopia · #CBE6E4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBCAFC rather than the exact color:

Golden Whisper
#AC9C12 · #D5EB46 · #1E33E7 · #CBC8F6
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF
Palette Bfecff
#BFECFF · #CDC1FF · #FFF6E3 · #FFCCEA
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Gentle Cinder
#D09913 · #EFBE4C · #1E5AEA · #C3CFF6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CBC8F6#C6CFFF#CDC1FF#C3CFF6#C9D1F3#C0CCF7#D0BFFF#C9BEFF#CAC6F0#D3D1F5#C5C6F1#CCCAEE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBCAFB  ·  #CBCAFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBCAFC?

#CBCAFC is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 203, 202, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBCAFC?

#CBCAFC is RGB 203, 202, 252 — HSL 241°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 19%, 20%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CBCAFC?

Its complement is #FBFCCA; analogous partners are #CAE2FC and #E4CAFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBCAFC for text?

Black text on #CBCAFC has a contrast ratio of 13.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.