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#ccfdff

a pale, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Light Cyan

RGB
204, 253, 255
HSL
182°, 100%, 90%
CMYK
20, 1, 0, 0
Luminance
0.9031

At a glance

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

Hex
#ccfdff
Hue
182°
cyan
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
94%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9031
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
89/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
19.06:1
Closest name
Light Cyan
ΔE2000 4.4
Where it sits
Hue182° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness90%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool89% cool

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

Every format

HEX#ccfdff
RGBrgb(204, 253, 255)
HSLhsl(182, 100%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 1%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(96.1 -15.0 -6.1)
LCHlch(96.1 16.2 202.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.961 0.050 199.4)
Decimal13434367
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.992 1.000)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ccfdff;
background-color: #ccfdff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccfdff] bg-[#ccfdff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccfdff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.992, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ccfdff")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCFDFF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(255, 253, 204)

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 #ccfdff · 19.06:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.10:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.06:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ccfdff as text scores 1.10:1 on white and 19.06:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ccfdff on white: 1.10:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccfdff on black: 19.06:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F6F8FF
deuteranopia · #ECF1FF
tritanopia · #BCFFFD

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ccfdff 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.

#F1FDFE
#E3FBFC
#ccfdff
#8FFBFF
#57F8FF
#1FF6FF
#00EBF5
#00C4CC
#009DA3
#057176
#034749
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F1FDFEDarkest = 950 · #034749
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDFE;
  --brand-100: #E3FBFC;
  --brand-200: #ccfdff;
  --brand-300: #8FFBFF;
  --brand-400: #57F8FF;
  --brand-500: #1FF6FF;
  --brand-600: #00EBF5;
  --brand-700: #00C4CC;
  --brand-800: #009DA3;
  --brand-900: #057176;
  --brand-950: #034749;
  --brand: #ccfdff;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #ccfdff

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#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EBED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B989B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC002C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#007A80
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E5FEFF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142424
Dark-mode background
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

How to use #ccfdff

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
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

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#FFCECC
Analogous left#CCFFE8
Analogous right#CCE3FF
Split-complement 1#FFCCE3
Split-complement 2#FFE8CC
Triadic 1#FFCCFD
Triadic 2#FDFFCC
Tetradic#E8CCFF

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green99.2%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan20.0%
Magenta0.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ccfdff text on a black background

contrast 19.06:1

Card sample

#ccfdff text on a white background

contrast 1.10:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 253, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 253, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccfdff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccfdff, #CCDBFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccfdff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

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.

#ccfdff in the real world

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

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#ccfdff, answered

What color is #ccfdff?

#ccfdff is a pale electric cyan, closest to Light Cyan (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 182° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #ccfdff?

rgb(204, 253, 255) — 204 red, 253 green and 255 blue out of 255, or 80% / 99.2% / 100% by channel.

Is #ccfdff a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9031 and perceived brightness is 94%, so black text on it reaches 19.06:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ccfdff?

Black. It scores 19.06:1 against #ccfdff, versus 1.10:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #ccfdff?

#FFCECC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FFCCE3 and #FFE8CC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ccfdff?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EBED for borders, #4B989B for secondary text, #CC002C as an accent and #007A80 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CCFFE8 and #CCE3FF stays calm, while #FFCECC is the loudest partner.

What is #ccfdff in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(20%, 1%, 0%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #ccfdff warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 89 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CCFFEE; nudged cooler, #CCEAFF.

Work with #ccfdff in the Color Lab