#C2DDE6Breezy (#C2DDE6) is a very light, muted sky blue with an OKLCH hue of 220°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.031. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #C2DDE6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(194, 221, 230) |
| HSL | hsl(195, 42%, 83%) |
| HSV | hsv(195, 16%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 4%, 0%, 10%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.5 -7.1 -7.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.880 0.031 220) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Breezy shifts subtly: drifts toward blue-green, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#cdd8d7 — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward blue-green, loses intensity#cadee1 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green#c2dde6 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c2dee9 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blueTest Breezy in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.42:1 and against black 14.78:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#def7ff · #c2dde6 · #8fa7ae · #6c8187 · #4b5d62 · #2c3b40
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c2dde6 · #97cced · #92b5dc · #8d9ec8 · #8788b1 · #7f7399
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c2dde6 · #afb7d0 · #6ba2b4 · #6b78a7 · #336675 · #3b4159
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#c2dde6 · #c18976 · #64757b · #385862 · #1e3a43 · #0b1e23
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#c2dde6 · #c1b9b6 · #798589 · #534d4b · #162226 · #030101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#c2dde6 · #94a1a6 · #38484d · #1a2b30 · #00090f · #ef6b39
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#c2dde6 · #94a1a6 · #38484d · #1a2b30 · #00090f · #ecbd4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#c2dde6 · #c8b6b0 · #a37768 · #713f2e · #381306 · #000408
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c2dde6 · #c8b6b0 · #a3747a · #69461b · #381019 · #130600
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#c2dde6 · #c5b5bf · #9c758e · #584f17 · #262000 · #040002
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#c2dde6 · #bfb7c6 · #8e799e · #713f2e · #152501 · #0d0100
#CAE1E9 · #D1E6EC · #D8EAF0 · #E0EEF3 · #E8F2F6
#9CB4BC · #788D94 · #56686E · #36454B · #182529
#C7DCE3 · #CBDBE0 · #D0DADD
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.