#CFCFEE

sRGB: 207 / 207 / 238

Celestial flames reshape eternity
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Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#CFCFEE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 207 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 240.0° lands in the blue region. Its 47.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.3% 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 (13.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 207, 238
HSL: 240.00°, 47.69%, 87.25%
HSV / HSB: 240.00°, 13.03%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 13.03%, 13.03%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.474, 64.064, 89.913
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.999, 6.014, -15.212
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64064
24-bit decimal: 13619182

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 #CFCFEE 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: 13.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

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

#EEEECF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFCFEE 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.

#CFCFEE #EEEECF

Analogous

#CFDFEE and #DFCFEE sit 30° to either side of #CFCFEE. 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.

#CFDFEE #CFCFEE #DFCFEE

Triadic

#CFCFEE, #EECFCF and #CFEECF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFCFEE #EECFCF #CFEECF

Split complementary

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

#CFCFEE #EEDFCF #DFEECF

Square

Starting with #CFCFEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EECFDF, #EEEECF, then #CFEEDF. Across the square, #CFCFEE pairs with #EEEECF, and #EECFDF with #CFEEDF.

#CFCFEE #EECFDF #EEEECF #CFEEDF

Tetradic

#CFCFEE and #EEEECF are opposites, as are #EECFEE and #CFEECF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFCFEE #EECFEE #EEEECF #CFEECF

Tints

Mixing #CFCFEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D9F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F5FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFCFEE #D9D9F1 #E2E2F5 #ECECF8 #F5F5FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFCFEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6A6BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #292930, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFCFEE #A6A6BE #7C7C8F #53535F #292930 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFCFEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBFD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #909096, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFCFEE #BFBFD8 #AFAFC2 #A0A0AC #909096 #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

#CFCFEE

RGB

rgb(207 207 238)

HSL

hsl(240.000 47.692% 87.255%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFCFEE uses 207 red, 207 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 81.2%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFCFEE is 13.0% cyan, 13.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.0%

Magenta 13.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#CFCFEE #D4D4E9 #D9D9E4 #DFDFDF #E4E4D9 #E9E9D4 #EEEECF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFCFEE 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.

#C8D2EF

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.

#C7D1ED

Tritanopia

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

#C9D4D9

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.

#CAD1EF

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.

#CAD0EE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CDD1E7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D1D1D1

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.

#D0D0E0

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 0.62396 G 0.62396 B 0.85499

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 0.81176 G 0.81176 B 0.92331

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.62396 G 0.62396 B 0.83432

CIE xyY

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

x 0.292 y 0.295 Y 64.064

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 18.824 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11001111 11001111 11101110