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#BABAED

#babaed ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#babaed is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 72.94% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.52% cyan, 21.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 58.62% saturation and 82.94% 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 11.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.48.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5167

Complementary

  1. #babaed
  2. #ededba

Split complementary

  1. #babaed
  2. #edd3ba
  3. #d3edba

Analogous

  1. #bad3ed
  2. #babaed
  3. #d3baed

Triadic

  1. #babaed
  2. #edbaba
  3. #baedba

Tetradic

  1. #babaed
  2. #edbaed
  3. #ededba
  4. #baedba

Square

  1. #babaed
  2. #edbad3
  3. #ededba
  4. #baedd3

Monochromatic

  1. #4141cd
  2. #7d7ddd
  3. #babaed
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#babaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babaed
  2. #a7a7d5
  3. #9595be
  4. #8282a6
  5. #70708e
  6. #5d5d77
  7. #4a4a5f
  8. #383847
  9. #25252f
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#babaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babaed
  2. #c1c1ef
  3. #c8c8f1
  4. #cfcff2
  5. #d6d6f4
  6. #ddddf6
  7. #e3e3f8
  8. #eaeafa
  9. #f1f1fb
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babaed
  2. #b4b4e2
  3. #aeaed7
  4. #a9a9cc
  5. #a3a3c1
  6. #9d9db7
  7. #9797ac
  8. #9191a1
  9. #8c8c96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdbdd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adc0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbdec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afc3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2beee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1bcec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3bfda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babaed {
  color: #babaed;
}
Background
.bg-babaed {
  background-color: #babaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babaed {
  border: 2px solid #babaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 186 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 59% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babaed, #d3baed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 186 237 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.63 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.67 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.07 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.44 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.74 #454512 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#babaed  rgb(186, 186, 237)  hsl(240, 59%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#ededba  rgb(237, 237, 186)  hsl(60, 59%, 83%)  Pale Goldenrod
#edbaba  rgb(237, 186, 186)  hsl(0, 59%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#baedba  rgb(186, 237, 186)  hsl(120, 59%, 83%)  Celadon