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#cee7fd

a pale, electric blue · cool · closest name: Alice Blue

RGB
206, 231, 253
HSL
208°, 92%, 90%
CMYK
19, 9, 0, 1
Luminance
0.7737

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cee7fd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cee7fd
Hue
208°
blue
Saturation
92%
electric
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7737
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
99/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.47:1
Closest name
Alice Blue
ΔE2000 7.9
Where it sits
Hue208° of 360°
Saturation92%
Lightness90%
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.

Every format

HEX#cee7fd
RGBrgb(206, 231, 253)
HSLhsl(208, 92%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 9%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(90.5 -3.7 -13.4)
LCHlch(90.5 13.9 254.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.916 0.040 244.8)
Decimal13559805
Display P3color(display-p3 0.808 0.906 0.992)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #cee7fd;
background-color: #cee7fd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cee7fd] bg-[#cee7fd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cee7fd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.808, green: 0.906, blue: 0.992)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#cee7fd")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCEE7FD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(253, 231, 206)

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 #cee7fd · 16.47:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.27:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.47:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cee7fd as text scores 1.27:1 on white and 16.47:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#cee7fd on white: 1.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cee7fd on black: 16.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #DEE7FE
deuteranopia · #D9E2FD
tritanopia · #C2ECEE

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #cee7fd 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.

#F2F8FD
#E4F0FB
#cee7fd
#93CAFB
#5DB0F8
#2795F6
#0A82EB
#086CC4
#06569D
#094071
#062847
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F2F8FDDarkest = 950 · #062847
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F8FD;
  --brand-100: #E4F0FB;
  --brand-200: #cee7fd;
  --brand-300: #93CAFB;
  --brand-400: #5DB0F8;
  --brand-500: #2795F6;
  --brand-600: #0A82EB;
  --brand-700: #086CC4;
  --brand-800: #06569D;
  --brand-900: #094071;
  --brand-950: #062847;
  --brand: #cee7fd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #cee7fd

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#C0D8ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B759B
Captions on the surface
Accent#C83004
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#05437B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6F3FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141D24
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 #cee7fd

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

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#FDE4CE
Analogous left#CEFDFC
Analogous right#CECFFD
Split-complement 1#FDCECF
Split-complement 2#FDFCCE
Triadic 1#FDCEE7
Triadic 2#E7FDCE
Tetradic#FCCEFD

RGB percentages

Red80.8%
Green90.6%
Blue99.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.6%
Magenta8.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Color previews

#cee7fd text on a black background

contrast 16.47:1

Card sample

#cee7fd text on a white background

contrast 1.27:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cee7fd;
Background color
Panel with #cee7fd background
background-color: #cee7fd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cee7fd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(206, 231, 253, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(206, 231, 253, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cee7fd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cee7fd, #D4CEFD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cee7fd

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.

#cee7fd 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

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

#cee7fd, answered

What color is #cee7fd?

#cee7fd is a pale electric blue, closest to Alice Blue (ΔE2000 7.9). It sits at 208° on the hue wheel with 92% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #cee7fd?

rgb(206, 231, 253) — 206 red, 231 green and 253 blue out of 255, or 80.8% / 90.6% / 99.2% by channel.

Is #cee7fd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7737 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 16.47:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cee7fd?

Black. It scores 16.47:1 against #cee7fd, versus 1.27:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #cee7fd?

#FDE4CE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FDCECF and #FDFCCE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cee7fd?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C0D8ED for borders, #4B759B for secondary text, #C83004 as an accent and #05437B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CEFDFC and #CECFFD stays calm, while #FDE4CE is the loudest partner.

What is #cee7fd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 9%, 0%, 1%). 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 #cee7fd 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 #CED6FD; nudged cooler, #B5D8FD.

Work with #cee7fd in the Color Lab