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#B5C5FA

#b5c5fa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b5c5fa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 77.25% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 226.09°, with 87.34% saturation and 84.51% 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 12.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.5.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5666

Complementary

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #faeab5

Split complementary

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #fac8b5
  3. #e7fab5

Analogous

  1. #b5e7fa
  2. #b5c5fa
  3. #c8b5fa

Triadic

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #fab5c5
  3. #c5fab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #eab5fa
  3. #faeab5
  4. #c5fab5

Square

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #fab5e7
  3. #faeab5
  4. #b5fac8

Monochromatic

  1. #2655f0
  2. #6d8df5
  3. #b5c5fa
  4. #ecf0fe
  5. #ecf0fe

Shades

#b5c5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #a3b1e1
  3. #919ec8
  4. #7f8aaf
  5. #6d7696
  6. #5b637d
  7. #484f64
  8. #363b4b
  9. #242732
  10. #121419
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5c5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #bccbfb
  3. #c4d1fb
  4. #cbd6fc
  5. #d3dcfc
  6. #dae2fd
  7. #e1e8fd
  8. #e9eefe
  9. #f0f3fe
  10. #f8f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5c5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5c5fa
  2. #b0beee
  3. #aab7e2
  4. #a5b0d5
  5. #a0a9c9
  6. #9ba3bd
  7. #959cb1
  8. #9095a5
  9. #8b8e98
  10. #85878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0c6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c9fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3cfd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5c8fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2c4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abcbe6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5c5fa {
  color: #b5c5fa;
}
Background
.bg-b5c5fa {
  background-color: #b5c5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5c5fa {
  border: 2px solid #b5c5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5c5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 197 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 87% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5c5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5c5fa, #c8b5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5c5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 197 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.50 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.09 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.78 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 13.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 13.57 #4a3a05 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#b5c5fa  rgb(181, 197, 250)  hsl(226, 87%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#faeab5  rgb(250, 234, 181)  hsl(46, 87%, 85%)  Vanilla
#fab5c5  rgb(250, 181, 197)  hsl(346, 87%, 85%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#c5fab5  rgb(197, 250, 181)  hsl(106, 87%, 85%)  Granny Smith Apple