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#B5C8FA

#b5c8fa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b5c8fa 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, 78.43% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 223.48°, 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 12.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5803

Complementary

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #fae7b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #fac5b5
  3. #eafab5

Analogous

  1. #b5eafa
  2. #b5c8fa
  3. #c5b5fa

Triadic

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #fab5c8
  3. #c8fab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #e7b5fa
  3. #fae7b5
  4. #c8fab5

Square

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #fab5ea
  3. #fae7b5
  4. #b5fac5

Monochromatic

  1. #265df0
  2. #6d93f5
  3. #b5c8fa
  4. #ecf1fe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#b5c8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #a3b4e1
  3. #91a0c8
  4. #7f8caf
  5. #6d7896
  6. #5b647d
  7. #485064
  8. #363c4b
  9. #242832
  10. #121419
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5c8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #bccefb
  3. #c4d3fb
  4. #cbd9fc
  5. #d3defc
  6. #dae4fd
  7. #e1e9fd
  8. #e9effe
  9. #f0f4fe
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5c8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5c8fa
  2. #b0c1ee
  3. #aabae2
  4. #a5b2d5
  5. #a0abc9
  6. #9ba4bd
  7. #959db1
  8. #9096a5
  9. #8b8e98
  10. #85878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1c8de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9ccfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3d2d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cafb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4c7f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aacee7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5c8fa {
  color: #b5c8fa;
}
Background
.bg-b5c8fa {
  background-color: #b5c8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5c8fa {
  border: 2px solid #b5c8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5c8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 200 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 87% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5c8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5c8fa, #c5b5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5c8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 200 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.36 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.18 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.34 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.65 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.76 #4a3705 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#b5c8fa  rgb(181, 200, 250)  hsl(223, 87%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#fae7b5  rgb(250, 231, 181)  hsl(43, 87%, 85%)  Peach
#fab5c8  rgb(250, 181, 200)  hsl(343, 87%, 85%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#c8fab5  rgb(200, 250, 181)  hsl(103, 87%, 85%)  Tea Green