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#CCDDFA — Pale Vivid Blue

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

#CCDDFA 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 #FAE9CC; it also sits naturally between #CCF4FA and #D2CCFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCDDFA · RGB 204, 221, 250

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Color values

HEX#CCDDFA
RGB204, 221, 250
HSL218°, 82%, 89%
HSV218°, 18%, 98%
CMYK18%, 12%, 0%, 2%
XYZ68.01, 71.45, 100.65
Yxy71.45, 0.2833, 0.2976
CIE-Lab87.70, 0.22, -16.03
Hunter Lab84.53, 0.22, -16.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 87% · Blue 98%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CCDDFA

.text { color: #CCDDFA; }
.background { background-color: #CCDDFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCDDFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 221, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(218, 82%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCDDFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 221, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCDDFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 221, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CCDDFA

#A7C4F6#7DA8F2#588FEE#2E73EA#165EDA#114CB0#0E3C8B#0A2A61#061A3C#020813

Tints of #CCDDFA

#D1E0FA#D1E0FA#D5E3FB#DAE6FB#DFE9FC#DFE9FC#E3ECFC#E8EFFD#E8EFFD#ECF3FD

Tones of #CCDDFA

#CFDEF7#D2DFF3#D6DFF0#D9E0ED#DCE1E9#E0E2E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FAE9CC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.37:1 Fails
Against black text15.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCDDFA: #000000.

How #CCDDFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D4F3Deuteranopia · #D2D1F1Tritanopia · #CDEDEC

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 #CCDDFA rather than the exact color:

Palette Defcf9
#DEFCF9 · #CADEFC · #C3BEF0 · #CCA8E9
Burning Ruby Harbor
#CCDEF5 · #96BBE8 · #77A8E3 · #2D6AB3
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #F9F3CC · #D7E5CA · #8EACCD
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #FEF9D9 · #DEE5D4 · #8EACCD
Palette 4a55a2
#4A55A2 · #7895CB · #A0BFE0 · #C5DFF8
Gentle Ruby Voyage
#A45A15 · #EDBC72 · #2487E3 · #C7E0F4

Similar colors

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

#CADEFC#CCDEF5#D2E0FB#C5DFF8#C7E0F4#D2DAFF#D1DEF3#C8E4FE#C7E1F3#C4E1F6#C4D9FF#CCDAF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCDDF9  ·  #CCDDFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCDDFA?

#CCDDFA is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 204, 221, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCDDFA?

#CCDDFA is RGB 204, 221, 250 — HSL 218°, 82%, 89% — CMYK 18%, 12%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CCDDFA?

Its complement is #FAE9CC; analogous partners are #CCF4FA and #D2CCFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCDDFA for text?

Black text on #CCDDFA has a contrast ratio of 15.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.