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#CDDDFE — Pale Vivid Blue

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

#CDDDFE 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 #FEEECD; it also sits naturally between #CDF6FE and #D5CDFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CDDDFE · RGB 205, 221, 254

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Color values

HEX#CDDDFE
RGB205, 221, 254
HSL220°, 96%, 90%
HSV220°, 19%, 100%
CMYK19%, 13%, 0%, 0%
XYZ68.92, 71.85, 104.00
Yxy71.85, 0.2816, 0.2935
CIE-Lab87.90, 1.38, -17.84
Hunter Lab84.76, 1.36, -18.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 87% · Blue 100%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CDDDFE

.text { color: #CDDDFE; }
.background { background-color: #CDDDFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CDDDFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(205, 221, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(220, 96%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CDDDFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(205, 221, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CDDDFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(205, 221, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CDDDFE

#A0BFFD#78A4FC#4B86FB#236BFB#0551EB#0442BE#033496#022469#011741#000714

Tints of #CDDDFE

#D2E1FE#D2E1FE#D7E4FE#D7E4FE#DCE7FE#E1EBFE#E1EBFE#E6EEFE#E6EEFE#EBF2FF

Tones of #CDDDFE

#D1DFFA#D4E0F7#D7E1F4#DBE2F0#DFE3EC#E2E4E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEEECD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #CDDDFE: #000000.

How #CDDDFE 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 · #D3D2F4Tritanopia · #CEF0EE

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 #CDDDFE rather than the exact color:

Palette Defcf9
#DEFCF9 · #CADEFC · #C3BEF0 · #CCA8E9
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #F9F3CC · #D7E5CA · #8EACCD
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #FEF9D9 · #DEE5D4 · #8EACCD
Palette 6b76ff
#6B76FF · #A5AEFF · #C8E4FE · #FEFFE0
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#D2DAFF#D2E0FB#C8E4FE#CCDEF5#C4D9FF#C5DFF8#C4D7FF#C4E4FF#D1DEF3#C2D9FF#C7E0F4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CDDDFD  ·  #CDDDFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CDDDFE?

#CDDDFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 205, 221, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CDDDFE?

#CDDDFE is RGB 205, 221, 254 — HSL 220°, 96%, 90% — CMYK 19%, 13%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CDDDFE?

Its complement is #FEEECD; analogous partners are #CDF6FE and #D5CDFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CDDDFE for text?

Black text on #CDDDFE has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.