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#CCDEFE — Pale Vivid Blue

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

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #CCDEFE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CCDEFE 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 #FEECCD; it also sits naturally between #CDF7FE and #D4CDFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCDEFE · RGB 204, 222, 254

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Color values

HEX#CCDEFE
RGB204, 222, 254
HSL218°, 96%, 90%
HSV218°, 20%, 100%
CMYK20%, 13%, 0%, 0%
XYZ68.91, 72.24, 104.08
Yxy72.24, 0.2810, 0.2946
CIE-Lab88.08, 0.55, -17.56
Hunter Lab84.99, 0.54, -18.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 87% · Blue 100%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CCDEFE

.text { color: #CCDEFE; }
.background { background-color: #CCDEFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCDEFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 222, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(218, 96%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCDEFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 222, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCDEFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 222, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CCDEFE

#A0C2FD#78A9FC#4B8CFB#2372FB#0559EB#0448BE#033996#022869#011941#000814

Tints of #CCDEFE

#D2E2FE#D2E2FE#D7E5FE#D7E5FE#DCE9FE#E1ECFE#E1ECFE#E6EFFE#E6EFFE#EBF2FF

Tones of #CCDEFE

#D1E0FA#D4E1F7#D7E2F4#DBE3F0#DFE4EC#E2E5E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEECCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCDEFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCDEFE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CCDEFE: ·

How #CCDEFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4F6Deuteranopia · #D3D1F4Tritanopia · #CDF0EF

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 #CCDEFE rather than the exact color:

Palette Defcf9
#DEFCF9 · #CADEFC · #C3BEF0 · #CCA8E9
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #F9F3CC · #D7E5CA · #8EACCD
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #FEF9D9 · #DEE5D4 · #8EACCD
Palette 6b76ff
#6B76FF · #A5AEFF · #C8E4FE · #FEFFE0
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Burning Ruby Harbor
#CCDEF5 · #96BBE8 · #77A8E3 · #2D6AB3

Similar colors

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

#CADEFC#D2E0FB#C8E4FE#D2DAFF#CCDEF5#C5DFF8#C4D9FF#C4E4FF#C4D7FF#C6E7FF#C2D9FF#C7E0F4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCDEFD  ·  #CCDEFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCDEFE?

#CCDEFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 204, 222, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCDEFE?

#CCDEFE is RGB 204, 222, 254 — HSL 218°, 96%, 90% — CMYK 20%, 13%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CCDEFE?

Its complement is #FEECCD; analogous partners are #CDF7FE and #D4CDFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCDEFE for text?

Black text on #CCDEFE has a contrast ratio of 15.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.