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#c7dff2

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Sapphire

RGB
199, 223, 242
HSL
207°, 62%, 87%
CMYK
18, 8, 0, 5
Luminance
0.7133

#c7dff2 is a pale vivid blue, 207° on the wheel and 99/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.27:1). As text it scores 1.38:1 on white — use #2B7AB8 instead. Nearest name is Light Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(207 62% 87%)rgb(199 223 242)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c7dff2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c7dff2
Hue
207°
blue
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7133
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
99/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.27:1
Closest name
Light Blue
ΔE2000 7.1
Chroma
12.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.892
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 20.3
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue207° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c7dff2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool99% 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
Red17%
Green74%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#c7dff2
HEX (8-digit)#c7dff2ff
RGBrgb(199, 223, 242)
RGBArgba(199, 223, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(207, 62%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 18%, 95%)
HWBhwb(207 78% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 8%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(87.6 -4.1 -11.9)
LCHlch(87.6 12.6 251.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.892 0.037 241.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.96, 71.33, 94.28)
Decimal13098994
Display P3color(display-p3 0.780 0.875 0.949)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c7dff2;
background-color: #c7dff2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c7dff2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c7dff2] bg-[#c7dff2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c7dff2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.780, green: 0.875, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.780, green: 0.875, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C7DFF2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC7DFF2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC7DFF2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 223, 199)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(199, 223, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(199, 223, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 223, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7804f, 0.8745f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{199,223,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c7dff2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c7dff2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#184467, #D3E2EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c7dff2 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: #F4F8FB;
  --brand-100: #E8F1F7;
  --brand-200: #c7dff2;
  --brand-300: #A4CBEA;
  --brand-400: #76B1DF;
  --brand-500: #4997D5;
  --brand-600: #2E83C7;
  --brand-700: #266DA6;
  --brand-800: #1F5884;
  --brand-900: #1A4160;
  --brand-950: #10293C;
  --brand: #c7dff2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-border: #C0D9ED;
  --brand-hover: #AACFEB;
  --brand-pressed: #8DBEE5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141D24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E2EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F8FB',
        100: '#E8F1F7',
        200: '#c7dff2',
        300: '#A4CBEA',
        400: '#76B1DF',
        500: '#4997D5',
        600: '#2E83C7',
        700: '#266DA6',
        800: '#1F5884',
        900: '#1A4160',
        950: '#10293C',
        DEFAULT: '#c7dff2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F8FB,
  '100': #E8F1F7,
  '200': #c7dff2,
  '300': #A4CBEA,
  '400': #76B1DF,
  '500': #4997D5,
  '600': #2E83C7,
  '700': #266DA6,
  '800': #1F5884,
  '900': #1A4160,
  '950': #10293C,
);
$brand-base: #c7dff2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F8FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F1F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c7dff2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4CBEA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#76B1DF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4997D5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2E83C7", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#266DA6", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1F5884", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A4160", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#10293C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c7dff2 · 15.27:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.38:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.27:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c7dff2 as text scores 1.38:1 on white and 15.27:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #184467 at 7.40:1.

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
#2B7AB8 · 4.59:1
AA on white−42% L
#2B7AB8
The quick fox
#205C8B · 7.08:1
AAA on white−53% L
#205C8B
The quick fox
#c7dff2 · 15.27:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c7dff2
The quick fox
#c7dff2 · 15.27:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c7dff2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4F9BD6 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
#c7dff2 on white: 1.38:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c7dff2 on black: 15.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c7dff2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c7dff2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.38:1AaAa
Slate 501.31:1AaAa
Slate 1001.26:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.86:1AaAa
Slate 5003.46:1AaAa
Slate 6005.51:1AaAa
Slate 7007.53:1AaAa
Slate 80010.63:1AaAa
Slate 90012.98:1AaAa
Black15.27:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D7DEF3
deuteranopia · #D2DAF2
tritanopia · #BCE4E5

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. #c7dff2 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.

#F4F8FB
#E8F1F7
#c7dff2
#A4CBEA
#76B1DF
#4997D5
#2E83C7
#266DA6
#1F5884
#1A4160
#10293C
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F8FBDarkest = 950 · #10293CText 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 0.009 241.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 241.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.022 241.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.029 241.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.034 241.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.037 241.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.037 241.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.034 241.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.031 241.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.026 241.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.020 241.8);
}

Colors that work with #c7dff2

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#F4F8FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0D9ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B779B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A93E23
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#184467
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAF3FA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141D24
Dark-mode background
Hover#AACFEB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8DBEE5
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F5F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D5E9F8
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 #c7dff2

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 #184467
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4F9BD6

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
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#F2DAC7
Analogous left#C7F2F0
Analogous right#C7CAF2
Split-complement 1#F2C7CA
Split-complement 2#F2F0C7
Triadic 1#F2C7DF
Triadic 2#DFF2C7
Tetradic#F0C7F2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°207°

#c7dff2 sits at 207°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.0%
Green87.5%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
199
0xc7
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.8%
Magenta7.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 31%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c7dff2 text on a black background

contrast 15.27:1

Card sample

#c7dff2 text on a white background

contrast 1.38:1

Card sample

#c7dff2 on grey

1.26:1

#c7dff2 on its own surface

1.29:1

#c7dff2 on its dark surface

12.40:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c7dff2;
Background color
Panel with #c7dff2 background
background-color: #c7dff2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c7dff2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(199, 223, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(199, 223, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c7dff2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c7dff2, #CCC7F2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7dff2, #D6C7F2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c7dff2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c7dff2;
caret-color: #c7dff2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c7dff2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAF3FA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c7dff2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c7dff2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c7dff2 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, 223, 242, 0.5)
rgb(199 223 242 / 50%)
#c7dff280
hsl(207 62% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c7dff2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c7dff21a#F9FCFE
20%#c7dff233#F4F9FC
40%#c7dff266#E9F2FA
60%#c7dff299#DDECF7
80%#c7dff2cc#D2E5F5

Gradients from #c7dff2

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, #EEF6FB, #c7dff2 45%, #184467);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c7dff2, #BAAEEC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c7dff2, #F2DAC7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3F8FC 0%, #c7dff2 45%, #184467 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F8FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1FCFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E1E0F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #184467 0%, transparent 65%), #c7dff2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c7dff2

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.

#c7dff2 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 15.27:1.

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.

#c7dff2, answered

What color is #c7dff2?

#c7dff2 is a pale vivid blue, closest to Light Blue (ΔE2000 7.1). It sits at 207° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c7dff2?

rgb(199, 223, 242) — 199 red, 223 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 78% / 87.5% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #c7dff2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(207, 62%, 87%) and hsv(207, 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 #c7dff2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7133 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.27:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c7dff2?

Black. It scores 15.27:1 against #c7dff2, versus 1.38:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c7dff2 accessible on a white background?

#c7dff2 on white scores 1.38:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2B7AB8 to reach 4.5:1, or #205C8B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c7dff2?

#F2DAC7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F2C7CA and #F2F0C7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c7dff2?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C0D9ED for borders, #4B779B for secondary text, #A93E23 as an accent and #184467 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7F2F0 and #C7CAF2 stays calm, while #F2DAC7 is the loudest partner.

What is #c7dff2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 8%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c7dff2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 99 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C7CFF2; nudged cooler, #B1CFEE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c7dff2?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 20.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c7dff2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c7dff2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c7dff2] or text-[#c7dff2], 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 #c7dff2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(199, 223, 242, 0.5), or #c7dff280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E3EFF9; over black, #647079.

Is #c7dff2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 13.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c7dff2 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 #c7dff2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEF6FB, #c7dff2 45%, #184467). For more colour, a short hue run to #BAAEEC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c7dff2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c7dff2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.