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#B9BBED

#b9bbed ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b9bbed is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 73.33% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.94% cyan, 21.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 237.69°, with 59.09% saturation and 82.75% 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 11.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5197

Complementary

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #edebb9

Split complementary

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #edd1b9
  3. #d5edb9

Analogous

  1. #b9d5ed
  2. #b9bbed
  3. #d1b9ed

Triadic

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #edb9bb
  3. #bbedb9

Tetradic

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #ebb9ed
  3. #edebb9
  4. #bbedb9

Square

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #edb9d5
  3. #edebb9
  4. #b9edd1

Monochromatic

  1. #3f45ce
  2. #7c80dd
  3. #b9bbed
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#b9bbed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #a7a8d5
  3. #9496be
  4. #8283a6
  5. #6f708e
  6. #5d5e77
  7. #4a4b5f
  8. #383847
  9. #25252f
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9bbed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #c0c2ef
  3. #c7c9f1
  4. #cecff2
  5. #d5d6f4
  6. #dcddf6
  7. #e3e4f8
  8. #eaebfa
  9. #f1f1fb
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9bbed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9bbed
  2. #b3b5e2
  3. #aeafd7
  4. #a8a9cc
  5. #a2a3c1
  6. #9d9eb7
  7. #9798ac
  8. #9192a1
  9. #8b8c96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbdd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aec1ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbdec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adc4cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3beee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1bcec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2c0da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9bbed {
  color: #b9bbed;
}
Background
.bg-b9bbed {
  background-color: #b9bbed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9bbed {
  border: 2px solid #b9bbed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9bbed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 187 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 59% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9bbed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9bbed, #d1b9ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9bbed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 187 237 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.38 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.23 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.30 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.43 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.64 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.03 #464412 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#b9bbed  rgb(185, 187, 237)  hsl(238, 59%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#edebb9  rgb(237, 235, 185)  hsl(58, 59%, 83%)  Blond
#edb9bb  rgb(237, 185, 187)  hsl(358, 59%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bbedb9  rgb(187, 237, 185)  hsl(118, 59%, 83%)  Celadon