Hex Values #CFDFCD

#CFDFCD

sRGB: 207 / 223 / 205

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#CFDFCD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 223 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 113.3° lands in the green region. Its 22.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.9% 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 (15.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit)
207, 223, 205
HSL
113.33°, 21.95%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB
113.33°, 8.07%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.)
7.17%, 0.00%, 8.07%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white)
63.136, 70.448, 68.031
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer)
87.216, -8.630, 6.991
WCAG relative luminance
0.70449
24-bit decimal
13623245

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 #CFDFCD 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: 15.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.39:1

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

#DDCDDF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFDFCD 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.

Analogous

#D8DFCD and #CDDFD4 sit 30° to either side of #CFDFCD. 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.

Triadic

#CFDFCD, #CDCFDF and #DFCDCF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

Split complementary

Start at #CFDFCD and look across the wheel. #D4CDDF and #DFCDD8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

Square

Starting with #CFDFCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDD8DF, #DDCDDF, then #DFD4CD. Across the square, #CFDFCD pairs with #DDCDDF, and #CDD8DF with #DFD4CD.

Tetradic

#CFDFCD and #DDCDDF are opposites, as are #CDDFDD and #DFCDCF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

Tints

Mixing #CFDFCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9E5D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

Shades

Mixing #CFDFCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A6B2A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #292D29, the mixture is 80% black.

Tones

Mixing #CFDFCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFCCBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #90938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

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

#CFDFCD

RGB

rgb(207 223 205)

HSL

hsl(113.333 21.951% 83.922%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFDFCD uses 207 red, 223 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%
Green 87.5%
Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFDFCD is 7.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.2%
Magenta 0.0%
Yellow 8.1%
Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

Gradient to complement

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFDFCD 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.

#E0DCCC

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.

#DDDACE

Tritanopia

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

#CEDEDA

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.

#DADDCD

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.

#D9DCCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0DED2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DADADA

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.

#D5DDD4

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 0.73791 B 0.61050

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 0.82337 G 0.87252 B 0.80944

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.64419 G 0.73413 B 0.61995

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.349 Y 70.448

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 12.549 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11001111 11011111 11001101

Android ARGB

Android packs alpha, red, green and blue into a signed integer. FF means fully opaque.

0xFFCFDFCD -3153971

CAM16 JCh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 82.106 Chroma C 13.226 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 JMh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 82.106 Colorfulness M 9.561 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 Jsh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Lightness J 82.106 Saturation s 29.206 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 QCh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 112.095 Chroma C 13.226 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 QMh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 112.095 Colorfulness M 9.561 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 Qsh

J rates lightness relative to white. Q estimates brightness. C describes chroma, M the strength of the color sensation, and s its strength relative to brightness.

Brightness Q 112.095 Saturation s 29.206 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 UCS JMh

Uniform-space coordinates make distances between nearby colors easier to compare.

J′ 88.637 M′ 8.649 Hue h° 152.764

CAM16 UCS Jab

Uniform-space coordinates make distances between nearby colors easier to compare.

J′ 88.637 a′ -7.690 b′ 3.959

CIECAM02

An earlier appearance model used in color management. Compare its predictions under the same viewing conditions as CAM16.

J 82.196 C 12.129 h° 148.311 Q 112.147 M 8.768 s 27.962

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IEEE

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