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#c0cfd7

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: Light Gray

Token name suggestion: Meadow Sapphire

RGB
192, 207, 215
HSL
201°, 22%, 80%
CMYK
11, 4, 0, 16
Luminance
0.6074

#c0cfd7 is a light soft blue, 201° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.15:1). As text it scores 1.60:1 on white — use #597A8C instead. Nearest name is Light Gray, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(201 22% 80%)rgb(192 207 215)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c0cfd7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c0cfd7
Hue
201°
blue
Saturation
22%
soft
Lightness
80%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6074
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.15:1
Closest name
Light Gray
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
6.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.846
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 19.9
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue201° of 360°
Saturation22%
Lightness80%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c0cfd7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green73%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c0cfd7
HEX (8-digit)#c0cfd7ff
RGBrgb(192, 207, 215)
RGBArgba(192, 207, 215, 1)
HSLhsl(201, 22%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 11%, 84%)
HWBhwb(201 75% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 4%, 0%, 16%)
LABlab(82.2 -3.5 -5.7)
LCHlch(82.2 6.7 238.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.846 0.020 230.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.31, 60.74, 73.03)
Decimal12636119
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.812 0.843)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c0cfd7;
background-color: #c0cfd7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c0cfd7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c0cfd7] bg-[#c0cfd7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c0cfd7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.812, blue: 0.843)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.812, blue: 0.843, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C0CFD7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC0CFD7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC0CFD7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(215, 207, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 207, 215)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 207, 215)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 207, 215)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.8118f, 0.8431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,207,215}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c0cfd7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c0cfd7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#32444E, #DAE2E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c0cfd7 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F9;
  --brand-100: #EDF1F2;
  --brand-200: #D7E0E4;
  --brand-300: #c0cfd7;
  --brand-400: #98B1BE;
  --brand-500: #7696A8;
  --brand-600: #5F8396;
  --brand-700: #4F6D7D;
  --brand-800: #3F5764;
  --brand-900: #31414A;
  --brand-950: #1E292E;
  --brand: #c0cfd7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F8F9;
  --brand-border: #CDD9DF;
  --brand-hover: #AABEC9;
  --brand-pressed: #94AEBB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #161E22;
    --brand-ink: #DAE2E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F9',
        100: '#EDF1F2',
        200: '#D7E0E4',
        300: '#c0cfd7',
        400: '#98B1BE',
        500: '#7696A8',
        600: '#5F8396',
        700: '#4F6D7D',
        800: '#3F5764',
        900: '#31414A',
        950: '#1E292E',
        DEFAULT: '#c0cfd7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F9,
  '100': #EDF1F2,
  '200': #D7E0E4,
  '300': #c0cfd7,
  '400': #98B1BE,
  '500': #7696A8,
  '600': #5F8396,
  '700': #4F6D7D,
  '800': #3F5764,
  '900': #31414A,
  '950': #1E292E,
);
$brand-base: #c0cfd7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF1F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7E0E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#c0cfd7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#98B1BE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7696A8", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5F8396", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4F6D7D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3F5764", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#31414A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E292E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #c0cfd7 · 13.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c0cfd7 as text scores 1.60:1 on white and 13.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #32444E at 6.34:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#597A8C · 4.58:1
AA on white−35% L
#597A8C
The quick fox
#435C69 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−46% L
#435C69
The quick fox
#c0cfd7 · 13.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c0cfd7
The quick fox
#c0cfd7 · 13.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c0cfd7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7898A9 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c0cfd7 on white: 1.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c0cfd7 on black: 13.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c0cfd7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c0cfd7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.60:1AaAa
Slate 501.53:1AaAa
Slate 1001.46:1AaAa
Slate 2001.30:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.61:1AaAa
Slate 5002.98:1AaAa
Slate 6004.74:1AaAa
Slate 7006.48:1AaAa
Slate 8009.16:1AaAa
Slate 90011.18:1AaAa
Black13.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CBCED7
deuteranopia · #C8CBD7
tritanopia · #BAD1D1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c0cfd7 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F9
#EDF1F2
#D7E0E4
#c0cfd7
#98B1BE
#7696A8
#5F8396
#4F6D7D
#3F5764
#31414A
#1E292E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F9Darkest = 950 · #1E292EText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.005 230.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.008 230.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.012 230.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.015 230.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.018 230.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.020 230.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.020 230.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.019 230.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.017 230.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.014 230.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.011 230.7);
}

Colors that work with #c0cfd7

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F8F9
Tinted page background
Border#CDD9DF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#597B8C
Captions on the surface
Accent#81514B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#32444E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF3F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#161E22
Dark-mode background
Hover#AABEC9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#94AEBB
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F5F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8DAE3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c0cfd7

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #32444E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7898A9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight20/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D7C8C0
Analogous left#C0D7D3
Analogous right#C0C3D7
Split-complement 1#D7C0C3
Split-complement 2#D7D3C0
Triadic 1#D7C0CF
Triadic 2#CFD7C0
Tetradic#D3C0D7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°201°

#c0cfd7 sits at 201°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green81.2%
Blue84.3%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
215
0xd7

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.7%
Magenta3.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)15.7%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c0cfd7 text on a black background

contrast 13.15:1

Card sample

#c0cfd7 text on a white background

contrast 1.60:1

Card sample

#c0cfd7 on grey

1.46:1

#c0cfd7 on its own surface

1.50:1

#c0cfd7 on its dark surface

10.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c0cfd7;
Background color
Panel with #c0cfd7 background
background-color: #c0cfd7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c0cfd7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 207, 215, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 207, 215, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c0cfd7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0cfd7, #C0C0D7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0cfd7, #C6C0D7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c0cfd7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c0cfd7;
caret-color: #c0cfd7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c0cfd7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF3F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c0cfd7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c0cfd7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c0cfd7 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(192, 207, 215, 0.5)
rgb(192 207 215 / 50%)
#c0cfd780
hsl(201 22% 80% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c0cfd7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c0cfd71a#F9FAFB
20%#c0cfd733#F2F5F7
40%#c0cfd766#E6ECEF
60%#c0cfd799#D9E2E7
80%#c0cfd7cc#CDD9DF

Gradients from #c0cfd7

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5ECEF, #c0cfd7 45%, #32444E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c0cfd7, #B0ADCB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0cfd7, #D7C8C0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6F8F9 0%, #c0cfd7 45%, #32444E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F8F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DFEBE8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D3D4E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #32444E 0%, transparent 65%), #c0cfd7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c0cfd7

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#c0cfd7 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.15:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c0cfd7, answered

What color is #c0cfd7?

#c0cfd7 is a light soft blue, closest to Light Gray (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 201° on the hue wheel with 22% saturation and 80% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c0cfd7?

rgb(192, 207, 215) — 192 red, 207 green and 215 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 81.2% / 84.3% by channel.

What is #c0cfd7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(201, 22%, 80%) and hsv(201, 11%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c0cfd7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6074 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c0cfd7?

Black. It scores 13.15:1 against #c0cfd7, versus 1.60:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c0cfd7 accessible on a white background?

#c0cfd7 on white scores 1.60:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #597A8C to reach 4.5:1, or #435C69 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c0cfd7?

#D7C8C0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D7C0C3 and #D7D3C0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c0cfd7?

For interface work: #F6F8F9 as the surface, #CDD9DF for borders, #597B8C for secondary text, #81514B as an accent and #32444E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C0D7D3 and #C0C3D7 stays calm, while #D7C8C0 is the loudest partner.

What is #c0cfd7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 4%, 0%, 16%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c0cfd7 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C0D7D7; nudged cooler, #BFCBD8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c0cfd7?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 19.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c0cfd7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c0cfd7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c0cfd7] or text-[#c0cfd7], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c0cfd7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 207, 215, 0.5), or #c0cfd780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0E7EB; over black, #60686C.

Is #c0cfd7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c0cfd7 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #c0cfd7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5ECEF, #c0cfd7 45%, #32444E). For more colour, a short hue run to #B0ADCB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c0cfd7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c0cfd7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.