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#B5BFEC

#b5bfec ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5bfec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 74.9% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.31% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 229.09°, with 59.14% 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 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5314

Complementary

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #ece2b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #ecc6b5
  3. #daecb5

Analogous

  1. #b5daec
  2. #b5bfec
  3. #c6b5ec

Triadic

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #ecb5bf
  3. #bfecb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #e2b5ec
  3. #ece2b5
  4. #bfecb5

Square

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #ecb5da
  3. #ece2b5
  4. #b5ecc6

Monochromatic

  1. #3b56cd
  2. #788adc
  3. #b5bfec
  4. #eff1fb
  5. #eff1fb

Shades

#b5bfec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #a3acd4
  3. #9199bd
  4. #7f86a5
  5. #6d738e
  6. #5b6076
  7. #484c5e
  8. #363947
  9. #24262f
  10. #121318
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5bfec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #bcc5ee
  3. #c4ccf0
  4. #cbd2f2
  5. #d3d9f4
  6. #dadff6
  7. #e1e5f7
  8. #e9ecf9
  9. #f0f2fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5bfec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5bfec
  2. #b0b9e1
  3. #aab2d6
  4. #a5accc
  5. #a0a6c1
  6. #9ba0b6
  7. #9599ab
  8. #9093a0
  9. #8b8d96
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcc0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c3ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbfeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8c7ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3c1ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1bfeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #adc4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5bfec {
  color: #b5bfec;
}
Background
.bg-b5bfec {
  background-color: #b5bfec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5bfec {
  border: 2px solid #b5bfec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5bfec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 191 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 59% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5bfec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5bfec, #c6b5ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5bfec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 191 236 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.14 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.76 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.94 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.38 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 13.37 #4a4013 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#b5bfec  rgb(181, 191, 236)  hsl(229, 59%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#ece2b5  rgb(236, 226, 181)  hsl(49, 59%, 82%)  Blond
#ecb5bf  rgb(236, 181, 191)  hsl(349, 59%, 82%)  Pink
#bfecb5  rgb(191, 236, 181)  hsl(109, 59%, 82%)  Tea Green