#CBF4F8Vaporised (#CBF4F8) is a near-white, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 204°, lightness 0.94 and chroma 0.043. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #CBF4F8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(203, 244, 248) |
| HSL | hsl(185, 76%, 88%) |
| HSV | hsv(185, 18%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(18%, 2%, 0%, 3%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(93.5 -12.3 -6.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.940 0.043 204) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Vaporised shifts subtly: leans toward green, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d7eee8 — ΔE 2.4, shifts subtly: leans toward green, loses intensity#d4f5f3 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward green#cbf4f8 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cbf5fb — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: drifts toward sky blueTest Vaporised 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 1.18:1 and against black 17.84:1, 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.
#cbf4f8 · #acd1d5 · #88a9ad · #658386 · #455f61 · #263c3f
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.
#cbf4f8 · #a2e3f8 · #99cceb · #93b4da · #8d9ec6 · #8788af
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.
#cbf4f8 · #9bacc3 · #5b989e · #51709a · #225c61 · #29394d
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.
#cbf4f8 · #b7ccce · #b27773 · #466a6e · #2b4b4e · #182d2f
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#cbf4f8 · #d4cbca · #869394 · #5b5554 · #192627 · #020101
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.
#cbf4f8 · #bccdcf · #8da1a3 · #0c282b · #000607 · #e34f50
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#cbf4f8 · #bccdcf · #8da1a3 · #0c282b · #000607 · #eebc4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cbf4f8 · #c0dbbd · #d57644 · #4d6a92 · #4d3039 · #171004
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cbf4f8 · #dcc8c6 · #ae8192 · #774a2c · #3a1426 · #110300
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#cbf4f8 · #d5c9d6 · #a284a5 · #6a531f · #302000 · #030004
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#cbf4f8 · #cecbdb · #9189b2 · #7b4542 · #232600 · #050000
#D1F5F8 · #D6F5F8 · #DCF6F8 · #E2F6F8 · #E7F7F9
#A2C7CB · #7C9C9F · #577376 · #344D4F · #15292B
#D2F2F5 · #D9F0F2 · #E0EEF0
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.