Palettes / Colors / #CBCAFD

#CBCAFD — Pale Vivid Blue

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

#CBCAFD 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 #FCFDC9; it also sits naturally between #C9E2FD and #E4C9FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 79% · Blue 99%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #CBCAFD

.text { color: #CBCAFD; }
.background { background-color: #CBCAFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBCAFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 202, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(241, 93%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBCAFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 202, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBCAFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 202, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CBCAFD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCFDC9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CBCAFD: #000000.

How #CBCAFD looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBCAFC  ·  #CBCAFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBCAFD?

#CBCAFD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 203, 202, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBCAFD?

#CBCAFD is RGB 203, 202, 253 — HSL 241°, 93%, 89% — CMYK 20%, 20%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CBCAFD?

Its complement is #FCFDC9; analogous partners are #C9E2FD and #E4C9FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBCAFD for text?

Black text on #CBCAFD has a contrast ratio of 13.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.