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#CCD8FA — Pale Vivid Blue

#CCD8FA is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#CCD8FA 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 #FAEECC; it also sits naturally between #CCEFFA and #D7CCFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCD8FA · RGB 204, 216, 250

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Color values

HEX#CCD8FA
RGB204, 216, 250
HSL224°, 82%, 89%
HSV224°, 18%, 98%
CMYK18%, 14%, 0%, 2%
XYZ66.71, 68.85, 100.22
Yxy68.85, 0.2829, 0.2920
CIE-Lab86.43, 2.84, -17.94
Hunter Lab82.98, 2.78, -18.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 85% · Blue 98%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CCD8FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CCD8FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CCD8FA

.text { color: #CCD8FA; }
.background { background-color: #CCD8FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCD8FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 216, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(224, 82%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCD8FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 216, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCD8FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 216, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CCD8FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CCD8FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CCD8FA

#A7BCF6#7D9CF2#5880EE#2E60EA#164ADA#113CB0#0E2F8B#0A2161#06143C#020613

Tints of #CCD8FA

#D1DCFA#D1DCFA#D5DFFB#DAE3FB#DFE6FC#DFE6FC#E3EAFC#E8EDFD#E8EDFD#ECF1FD

Tones of #CCD8FA

#CFDAF7#D2DBF3#D6DDF0#D9DEED#DCE0E9#E0E1E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FAEECC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCD8FA: #000000.

How #CCD8FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1F2Deuteranopia · #D1D0F0Tritanopia · #CDEBEA

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 #CCD8FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Defcf9
#DEFCF9 · #CADEFC · #C3BEF0 · #CCA8E9
Burning Ruby Harbor
#CCDEF5 · #96BBE8 · #77A8E3 · #2D6AB3
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette 87a2ff
#87A2FF · #C4D7FF · #FFD7C4 · #FFF4B5
Palette Fbfbfb
#FBFBFB · #E8F9FF · #C4D9FF · #C5BAFF
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #F9F3CC · #D7E5CA · #8EACCD

Similar colors

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

#CADEFC#CCDEF5#D2DAFF#C4D7FF#C4D9FF#D2E0FB#C5DFF8#CCDAF0#C9D1F3#D1DEF3#D3D1F5#C7E0F4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCD8F9  ·  #CCD8FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCD8FA?

#CCD8FA is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 204, 216, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCD8FA?

#CCD8FA is RGB 204, 216, 250 — HSL 224°, 82%, 89% — CMYK 18%, 14%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CCD8FA?

Its complement is #FAEECC; analogous partners are #CCEFFA and #D7CCFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCD8FA for text?

Black text on #CCD8FA has a contrast ratio of 14.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.