#CDFFF6

sRGB: 205 / 255 / 246

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Celestial symphonies find forgotten pathways

#CDFFF6 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 255 green and 246 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 169.2° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (19.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 255, 246
HSL: 169.20°, 100.00%, 90.20%
HSV / HSB: 169.20°, 19.61%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 19.61%, 0.00%, 3.53%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.567, 91.151, 100.699
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 96.472, -17.541, -0.927
WCAG relative luminance: 0.91153
24-bit decimal: 13500406

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CDFFF6 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 19.23:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.09:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FFCDD6 sits half a turn (180°) from #CDFFF6 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CDFFF6 #FFCDD6

Analogous

#CDFFDD and #CDEFFF sit 30° to either side of #CDFFF6. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CDFFDD #CDFFF6 #CDEFFF

Triadic

#CDFFF6, #F6CDFF and #FFF6CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDFFF6 #F6CDFF #FFF6CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDFFF6 and look across the wheel. #FFCDEF and #FFDDCD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDFFF6 #FFCDEF #FFDDCD

Square

Starting with #CDFFF6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DDCDFF, #FFCDD6, then #EFFFCD. Across the square, #CDFFF6 pairs with #FFCDD6, and #DDCDFF with #EFFFCD.

#CDFFF6 #DDCDFF #FFCDD6 #EFFFCD

Tetradic

#CDFFF6 and #FFCDD6 are opposites, as are #CDD6FF and #FFF6CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDFFF6 #CDD6FF #FFCDD6 #FFF6CD

Tints

Mixing #CDFFF6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7FFF8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FFFD, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDFFF6 #D7FFF8 #E1FFFA #EBFFFB #F5FFFD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDFFF6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4CCC5, keeps 80% of the original. By #293331, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDFFF6 #A4CCC5 #7B9994 #526662 #293331 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDFFF6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEE6DE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9998, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDFFF6 #BEE6DE #AECCC7 #9FB3AF #8F9998 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CDFFF6

RGB

rgb(205 255 246)

HSL

hsl(169.200 100.000% 90.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDFFF6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDFFF6 uses 205 red, 255 green and 246 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 100.0%

Blue 96.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDFFF6 is 19.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.5%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCFFEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CFE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDFFF6 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCFFEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#CDFFF6 #D5F7F1 #DEEEEB #E6E6E6 #EEDEE1 #F7D5DB #FFCDD6

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDFFF6 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FAF9F6

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F0F2F7

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C0FFFC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EBFAF6

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E7F7F7

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CDFFF8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#F5F5F5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E2FAF5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 1.00000 B 0.92158

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84320 G 0.99429 B 0.96487

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.67965 G 0.98707 B 0.92194

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.288 y 0.338 Y 91.151

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 0.000 Y % 3.529

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 11111111 11110110