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#c7ccec

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Lavender

Token name suggestion: Whisper Harbour

RGB
199, 204, 236
HSL
232°, 49%, 85%
CMYK
16, 14, 0, 8
Luminance
0.6138

#c7ccec is a pale vivid blue, 232° on the wheel and 88/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.28:1). As text it scores 1.58:1 on white — use #606EC9 instead. Nearest name is Lavender, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(232 49% 85%)rgb(199 204 236)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c7ccec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c7ccec
Hue
232°
blue
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6138
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
88/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.28:1
Closest name
Lavender
ΔE2000 7.4
Chroma
17.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.852
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 25.8
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue232° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c7ccec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool88% 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
Red20%
Green70%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#c7ccec
HEX (8-digit)#c7ccecff
RGBrgb(199, 204, 236)
RGBArgba(199, 204, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(232, 49%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 16%, 93%)
HWBhwb(232 78% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 14%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(82.6 4.7 -16.3)
LCHlch(82.6 17.0 285.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.852 0.045 278.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.28, 61.38, 88.01)
Decimal13094124
Display P3color(display-p3 0.780 0.800 0.925)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c7ccec;
background-color: #c7ccec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c7ccec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c7ccec] bg-[#c7ccec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c7ccec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.780, green: 0.800, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.780, green: 0.800, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C7CCEC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC7CCEC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC7CCEC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 204, 199)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(199, 204, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(199, 204, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 204, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7804f, 0.8000f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{199,204,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c7ccec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c7ccec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#20295F, #D3D6EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c7ccec 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: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EAEBF6;
  --brand-200: #c7ccec;
  --brand-300: #ABB3E3;
  --brand-400: #818DD4;
  --brand-500: #5766C6;
  --brand-600: #3E4EB7;
  --brand-700: #344198;
  --brand-800: #29347A;
  --brand-900: #212959;
  --brand-950: #151A38;
  --brand: #c7ccec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C2C8EA;
  --brand-hover: #ACB4E3;
  --brand-pressed: #929BDA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141624;
    --brand-ink: #D3D6EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F5FA',
        100: '#EAEBF6',
        200: '#c7ccec',
        300: '#ABB3E3',
        400: '#818DD4',
        500: '#5766C6',
        600: '#3E4EB7',
        700: '#344198',
        800: '#29347A',
        900: '#212959',
        950: '#151A38',
        DEFAULT: '#c7ccec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F5FA,
  '100': #EAEBF6,
  '200': #c7ccec,
  '300': #ABB3E3,
  '400': #818DD4,
  '500': #5766C6,
  '600': #3E4EB7,
  '700': #344198,
  '800': #29347A,
  '900': #212959,
  '950': #151A38,
);
$brand-base: #c7ccec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAEBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c7ccec", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABB3E3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#818DD4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5766C6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3E4EB7", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#344198", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#29347A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#212959", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#151A38", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c7ccec · 13.28:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.58:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.28:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c7ccec as text scores 1.58:1 on white and 13.28:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #20295F at 8.60:1.

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
#606EC9 · 4.59:1
AA on white−27% L
#606EC9
The quick fox
#3D4DB4 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−38% L
#3D4DB4
The quick fox
#c7ccec · 13.28:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c7ccec
The quick fox
#c7ccec · 13.28:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c7ccec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #838ED5 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
#c7ccec on white: 1.58:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c7ccec on black: 13.28:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c7ccec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c7ccec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.58:1AaAa
Slate 501.51:1AaAa
Slate 1001.44:1AaAa
Slate 2001.28:1AaAa
Slate 3001.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5003.01:1AaAa
Slate 6004.79:1AaAa
Slate 7006.55:1AaAa
Slate 8009.25:1AaAa
Slate 90011.29:1AaAa
Black13.28:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C4CFEE
deuteranopia · #C2CCEB
tritanopia · #BFD2D6

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. #c7ccec is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F5FA
#EAEBF6
#c7ccec
#ABB3E3
#818DD4
#5766C6
#3E4EB7
#344198
#29347A
#212959
#151A38
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F5FADarkest = 950 · #151A38Text step on white = 500
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 0.011 278.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 278.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.027 278.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.035 278.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.041 278.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.045 278.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.045 278.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.042 278.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.038 278.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.031 278.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.025 278.4);
}

Colors that work with #c7ccec

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#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C2C8EA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B559B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9B7231
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#20295F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECEEF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141624
Dark-mode background
Hover#ACB4E3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#929BDA
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D4D8F4
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 #c7ccec

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #20295F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #838ED5

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#ECE7C7
Analogous left#C7DFEC
Analogous right#D5C7EC
Split-complement 1#ECD5C7
Split-complement 2#DFECC7
Triadic 1#ECC7CC
Triadic 2#CCECC7
Tetradic#ECC7DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°232°

#c7ccec sits at 232°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.0%
Green80.0%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
199
0xc7
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.7%
Magenta13.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c7ccec text on a black background

contrast 13.28:1

Card sample

#c7ccec text on a white background

contrast 1.58:1

Card sample

#c7ccec on grey

1.44:1

#c7ccec on its own surface

1.45:1

#c7ccec on its dark surface

11.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c7ccec;
Background color
Panel with #c7ccec background
background-color: #c7ccec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c7ccec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(199, 204, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(199, 204, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c7ccec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c7ccec, #DBC7EC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7ccec, #E4C7EC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c7ccec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c7ccec;
caret-color: #c7ccec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c7ccec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECEEF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c7ccec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c7ccec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c7ccec 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(199, 204, 236, 0.5)
rgb(199 204 236 / 50%)
#c7ccec80
hsl(232 49% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c7ccec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c7ccec1a#F9FAFD
20%#c7ccec33#F4F5FB
40%#c7ccec66#E9EBF7
60%#c7ccec99#DDE0F4
80%#c7cceccc#D2D6F0

Gradients from #c7ccec

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, #F0F1FA, #c7ccec 45%, #20295F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c7ccec, #D0B0E4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7ccec, #ECE7C7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4F5FB 0%, #c7ccec 45%, #20295F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EDF6F9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E8DEF4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #20295F 0%, transparent 65%), #c7ccec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c7ccec

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.

#c7ccec 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

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

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 13.28:1.

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.

#c7ccec, answered

What color is #c7ccec?

#c7ccec is a pale vivid blue, closest to Lavender (ΔE2000 7.4). It sits at 232° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c7ccec?

rgb(199, 204, 236) — 199 red, 204 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 78% / 80% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #c7ccec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(232, 49%, 85%) and hsv(232, 16%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c7ccec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6138 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 13.28:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c7ccec?

Black. It scores 13.28:1 against #c7ccec, versus 1.58:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c7ccec accessible on a white background?

#c7ccec on white scores 1.58:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #606EC9 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D4DB4 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c7ccec?

#ECE7C7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ECD5C7 and #DFECC7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c7ccec?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C2C8EA for borders, #4B559B for secondary text, #9B7231 as an accent and #20295F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7DFEC and #D5C7EC stays calm, while #ECE7C7 is the loudest partner.

What is #c7ccec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 14%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c7ccec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 88 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0C7EC; nudged cooler, #C6D6ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c7ccec?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 25.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c7ccec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c7ccec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c7ccec] or text-[#c7ccec], 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 #c7ccec with 50% opacity?

rgba(199, 204, 236, 0.5), or #c7ccec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E3E6F6; over black, #646676.

Is #c7ccec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c7ccec 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c7ccec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0F1FA, #c7ccec 45%, #20295F). For more colour, a short hue run to #D0B0E4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c7ccec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c7ccec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.