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#B3BDEE

#b3bdee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b3bdee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 74.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 20.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 229.83°, with 63.44% saturation and 81.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5215

Complementary

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #eee4b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #eec6b3
  3. #daeeb3

Analogous

  1. #b3daee
  2. #b3bdee
  3. #c6b3ee

Triadic

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #eeb3bd
  3. #bdeeb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #e4b3ee
  3. #eee4b3
  4. #bdeeb3

Square

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #eeb3da
  3. #eee4b3
  4. #b3eec6

Monochromatic

  1. #3650d2
  2. #7487e0
  3. #b3bdee
  4. #eef1fb
  5. #eef1fb

Shades

#b3bdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #a1aad6
  3. #8f97be
  4. #7d84a7
  5. #6b718f
  6. #5a5f77
  7. #484c5f
  8. #363947
  9. #242630
  10. #121318
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3bdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #bbc4f0
  3. #c2caf1
  4. #cad1f3
  5. #d1d7f5
  6. #d9def7
  7. #e1e5f8
  8. #e8ebfa
  9. #f0f2fc
  10. #f7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3bdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3bdee
  2. #aeb7e3
  3. #a9b1d8
  4. #a4abcd
  5. #9fa5c2
  6. #9a9fb7
  7. #9498ac
  8. #8f92a1
  9. #8a8c96
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afc2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abbded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abc2db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3bdee {
  color: #b3bdee;
}
Background
.bg-b3bdee {
  background-color: #b3bdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3bdee {
  border: 2px solid #b3bdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3bdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 189 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 63% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3bdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3bdee, #c6b3ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3bdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 189 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.69 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.51 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.35 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.57 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.23 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 13.34 #4c4211 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#b3bdee  rgb(179, 189, 238)  hsl(230, 63%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#eee4b3  rgb(238, 228, 179)  hsl(50, 63%, 82%)  Vanilla
#eeb3bd  rgb(238, 179, 189)  hsl(350, 63%, 82%)  Light Pink
#bdeeb3  rgb(189, 238, 179)  hsl(110, 63%, 82%)  Granny Smith Apple