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#c7daf3

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Light Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Mist Denim

RGB
199, 218, 243
HSL
214°, 65%, 87%
CMYK
18, 10, 0, 5
Luminance
0.6876

#c7daf3 is a pale vivid blue, 214° on the wheel and 98/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.75:1). As text it scores 1.42:1 on white — use #3076D3 instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(214 65% 87%)rgb(199 218 243)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c7daf3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c7daf3
Hue
214°
blue
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6876
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
98/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.75:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
14.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.882
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 21.6
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue214° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c7daf3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool98% 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%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#c7daf3
HEX (8-digit)#c7daf3ff
RGBrgb(199, 218, 243)
RGBArgba(199, 218, 243, 1)
HSLhsl(214, 65%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214, 18%, 95%)
HWBhwb(214 78% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 10%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(86.4 -1.2 -14.3)
LCHlch(86.4 14.4 265.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.882 0.040 255.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(64.80, 68.75, 94.63)
Decimal13097715
Display P3color(display-p3 0.780 0.855 0.953)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c7daf3;
background-color: #c7daf3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c7daf3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c7daf3] bg-[#c7daf3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c7daf3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.780, green: 0.855, blue: 0.953)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.780, green: 0.855, blue: 0.953, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C7DAF3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC7DAF3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC7DAF3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(243, 218, 199)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(199, 218, 243)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(199, 218, 243)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 218, 243)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7804f, 0.8549f, 0.9529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{199,218,243}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c7daf3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c7daf3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#173A69, #D3DFEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c7daf3 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: #F3F7FB;
  --brand-100: #E8EFF7;
  --brand-200: #c7daf3;
  --brand-300: #A3C2EB;
  --brand-400: #74A3E1;
  --brand-500: #4685D7;
  --brand-600: #2B70CA;
  --brand-700: #245DA8;
  --brand-800: #1D4A86;
  --brand-900: #193862;
  --brand-950: #0F233D;
  --brand: #c7daf3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-border: #C0D3ED;
  --brand-hover: #AAC7ED;
  --brand-pressed: #8CB3E6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141B24;
    --brand-ink: #D3DFEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F7FB',
        100: '#E8EFF7',
        200: '#c7daf3',
        300: '#A3C2EB',
        400: '#74A3E1',
        500: '#4685D7',
        600: '#2B70CA',
        700: '#245DA8',
        800: '#1D4A86',
        900: '#193862',
        950: '#0F233D',
        DEFAULT: '#c7daf3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3F7FB,
  '100': #E8EFF7,
  '200': #c7daf3,
  '300': #A3C2EB,
  '400': #74A3E1,
  '500': #4685D7,
  '600': #2B70CA,
  '700': #245DA8,
  '800': #1D4A86,
  '900': #193862,
  '950': #0F233D,
);
$brand-base: #c7daf3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F7FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8EFF7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c7daf3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A3C2EB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#74A3E1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4685D7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2B70CA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#245DA8", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1D4A86", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#193862", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0F233D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c7daf3 · 14.75:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.42:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.75:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c7daf3 as text scores 1.42:1 on white and 14.75:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #173A69 at 7.99:1.

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
#3076D3 · 4.51:1
AA on white−36% L
#3076D3
The quick fox
#22589E · 7.10:1
AAA on white−49% L
#22589E
The quick fox
#c7daf3 · 14.75:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c7daf3
The quick fox
#c7daf3 · 14.75:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c7daf3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6297DD 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
#c7daf3 on white: 1.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c7daf3 on black: 14.75:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c7daf3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c7daf3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.42:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.15:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.34:1AaAa
Slate 6005.32:1AaAa
Slate 7007.27:1AaAa
Slate 80010.28:1AaAa
Slate 90012.54:1AaAa
Black14.75:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D2DBF4
deuteranopia · #CDD6F2
tritanopia · #BCDFE2

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. #c7daf3 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.

#F3F7FB
#E8EFF7
#c7daf3
#A3C2EB
#74A3E1
#4685D7
#2B70CA
#245DA8
#1D4A86
#193862
#0F233D
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3F7FBDarkest = 950 · #0F233DText step on white = 600
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 0.010 255.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 255.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 255.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.031 255.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.037 255.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.040 255.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.040 255.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.038 255.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.034 255.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 255.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 255.3);
}

Colors that work with #c7daf3

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#F4F7FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0D3ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B6D9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#AB4E21
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#173A69
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAF1FA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141B24
Dark-mode background
Hover#AAC7ED
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8CB3E6
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6E5F9
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c7daf3

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 #173A69
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6297DD

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
  • Weight13/100
  • 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#F3E0C7
Analogous left#C7F0F3
Analogous right#CAC7F3
Split-complement 1#F3CAC7
Split-complement 2#F0F3C7
Triadic 1#F3C7DA
Triadic 2#DAF3C7
Tetradic#F3C7F0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°214°

#c7daf3 sits at 214°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.0%
Green85.5%
Blue95.3%
R · 0–255
199
0xc7
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
243
0xf3

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.1%
Magenta10.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 33%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c7daf3 text on a black background

contrast 14.75:1

Card sample

#c7daf3 text on a white background

contrast 1.42:1

Card sample

#c7daf3 on grey

1.30:1

#c7daf3 on its own surface

1.32:1

#c7daf3 on its dark surface

12.17:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c7daf3;
Background color
Panel with #c7daf3 background
background-color: #c7daf3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c7daf3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(199, 218, 243, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(199, 218, 243, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c7daf3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c7daf3, #D1C7F3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7daf3, #DCC7F3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c7daf3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c7daf3;
caret-color: #c7daf3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c7daf3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAF1FA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c7daf3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c7daf3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c7daf3 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, 218, 243, 0.5)
rgb(199 218 243 / 50%)
#c7daf380
hsl(214 65% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c7daf3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c7daf31a#F9FBFE
20%#c7daf333#F4F8FD
40%#c7daf366#E9F0FA
60%#c7daf399#DDE9F8
80%#c7daf3cc#D2E1F5

Gradients from #c7daf3

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, #EEF4FB, #c7daf3 45%, #173A69);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c7daf3, #C2AEEE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7daf3, #F3E0C7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2F7FC 0%, #c7daf3 45%, #173A69 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F7FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1FCFC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E4E0F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #173A69 0%, transparent 65%), #c7daf3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c7daf3

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.

#c7daf3 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 14.75:1.

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.

#c7daf3, answered

What color is #c7daf3?

#c7daf3 is a pale vivid blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 214° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c7daf3?

rgb(199, 218, 243) — 199 red, 218 green and 243 blue out of 255, or 78% / 85.5% / 95.3% by channel.

What is #c7daf3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(214, 65%, 87%) and hsv(214, 18%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c7daf3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6876 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 14.75:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c7daf3?

Black. It scores 14.75:1 against #c7daf3, versus 1.42:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c7daf3 accessible on a white background?

#c7daf3 on white scores 1.42:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3076D3 to reach 4.5:1, or #22589E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c7daf3?

#F3E0C7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F3CAC7 and #F0F3C7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c7daf3?

For interface work: #F4F7FA as the surface, #C0D3ED for borders, #4B6D9B for secondary text, #AB4E21 as an accent and #173A69 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7F0F3 and #CAC7F3 stays calm, while #F3E0C7 is the loudest partner.

What is #c7daf3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 10%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c7daf3 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 98 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C7CAF3; nudged cooler, #B1CEEF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c7daf3?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 21.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c7daf3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c7daf3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c7daf3] or text-[#c7daf3], 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 #c7daf3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(199, 218, 243, 0.5), or #c7daf380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E3EDF9; over black, #646D7A.

Is #c7daf3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 9.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c7daf3 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 #c7daf3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEF4FB, #c7daf3 45%, #173A69). For more colour, a short hue run to #C2AEEE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c7daf3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c7daf3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.