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#CCEEFF — Pale Vivid Blue

#CCEEFF 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 #CCEEFF 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.

#CCEEFF 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 #FFDDCC; it also sits naturally between #CCFFF7 and #CCD5FF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCEEFF · RGB 204, 238, 255

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Color values

HEX#CCEEFF
RGB204, 238, 255
HSL200°, 100%, 90%
HSV200°, 20%, 100%
CMYK20%, 7%, 0%, 0%
XYZ73.53, 81.21, 106.41
Yxy81.21, 0.2816, 0.3110
CIE-Lab92.22, -7.49, -11.88
Hunter Lab90.11, -7.36, -12.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 93% · Blue 100%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CCEEFF

.text { color: #CCEEFF; }
.background { background-color: #CCEEFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCEEFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 238, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(200, 100%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCEEFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 238, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCEEFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 238, 255, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CCEEFF

#9EDFFF#75D1FF#47C2FF#1FB4FF#00A0F0#0081C2#006699#00476B#002C42#000E14

Tints of #CCEEFF

#D1F0FF#D1F0FF#D6F1FF#D6F1FF#DBF3FF#E0F5FF#E0F5FF#E5F6FF#E5F6FF#EBF8FF

Tones of #CCEEFF

#D0EDFB#D3ECF8#D7EAF4#DBE9F0#DEE8ED#E2E7E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFDDCC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCEEFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCEEFF

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 #CCEEFF: ·

How #CCEEFF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDBFBDeuteranopia · #D9D6FATritanopia · #CEF8F7

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 #CCEEFF rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbf0b2
#FBF0B2 · #FFC7EA · #D8B4F8 · #CAEDFF
Palette Ffbe91
#FFBE91 · #FFDDB0 · #FFFCE1 · #CFEBFF
Palette F1fcfd
#F1FCFD · #C7EEFF · #4D6DE3 · #393737
Palette Fff9d0
#FFF9D0 · #CAF4FF · #A0DEFF · #5AB2FF
Palette 00a9ff
#00A9FF · #89CFF3 · #A0E9FF · #CDF5FD
Ocean Cold
#03045E · #0077B6 · #00B4D8 · #CAF0F8

Similar colors

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

#CAEDFF#CFEBFF#C7EEFF#CAF4FF#CDF5FD#CAF0F8#D3F4FF#C6E7FF#CBF1F5#C8E4FE#CDE8F6#C1EFFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCEEFE  ·  #CCEF00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCEEFF?

#CCEEFF is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 204, 238, 255). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCEEFF?

#CCEEFF is RGB 204, 238, 255 — HSL 200°, 100%, 90% — CMYK 20%, 7%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CCEEFF?

Its complement is #FFDDCC; analogous partners are #CCFFF7 and #CCD5FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCEEFF for text?

Black text on #CCEEFF has a contrast ratio of 17.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.