Information about #CFDAED color

#CFDAED color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #CFDAED is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(207, 218, 237) — 81.2% red, 85.5% green, 92.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 7 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #CFDAED glows at the very top of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Hawkes Blue (#D2DAED). Nearby in the Register you will also find Monroe Blue (#D3DFE8) and Dreamer (#D3E5EF).

In RGB terms — rgb(207, 218, 237) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #CFDAED background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. #CFDAED has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#CFDAED color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CFDAED color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CFDAED

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Dreamer color link
Dreamer

#D3E5EF

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Oyster Bay color link
Oyster Bay

#D1EAEA

Foam color link
Foam

#D0EAE8

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CFDAED
  • RGB207, 218, 237
  • CMYK12, 7, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(207, 218, 237)
  • HSL218°, 45%, 87%
  • HSL Precise218°, 45.455%, 87.059%
  • HSV218°, 13%, 93%
  • HSB218°, 13%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.855
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.812, 0.855, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.812, 0.855, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.812, 0.855, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB81.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDCFDAED
  • DECIMAL ID13621997
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01