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#BAC8F1

#bac8f1 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bac8f1 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, 78.43% green and 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.82% cyan, 17.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 224.73°, with 66.27% saturation and 83.73% 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 12.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.96.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.581

Complementary

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #f1e3ba

Split complementary

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #f1c8ba
  3. #e4f1ba

Analogous

  1. #bae4f1
  2. #bac8f1
  3. #c8baf1

Triadic

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #f1bac8
  3. #c8f1ba

Tetradic

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #e3baf1
  3. #f1e3ba
  4. #c8f1ba

Square

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #f1bae4
  3. #f1e3ba
  4. #baf1c8

Monochromatic

  1. #3b63d7
  2. #7a95e4
  3. #bac8f1
  4. #eef1fc
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#bac8f1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #a7b4d9
  3. #95a0c1
  4. #828ca9
  5. #707891
  6. #5d6479
  7. #4a5060
  8. #383c48
  9. #252830
  10. #131418
  11. #000000

Tints

#bac8f1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #c1cef2
  3. #c8d3f4
  4. #cfd9f5
  5. #d6def7
  6. #dde4f8
  7. #e3e9f9
  8. #eaeffb
  9. #f1f4fc
  10. #f8fafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bac8f1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bac8f1
  2. #b4c1e6
  3. #aebada
  4. #a9b2cf
  5. #a3abc4
  6. #9da4b9
  7. #979dad
  8. #9196a2
  9. #8c8e97
  10. #86878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3c8da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bccbf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c6f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acd0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbcaf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9c7f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2cde1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bac8f1 {
  color: #bac8f1;
}
Background
.bg-bac8f1 {
  background-color: #bac8f1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bac8f1 {
  border: 2px solid #bac8f1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bac8f1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 200 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 66% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bac8f1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bac8f1, #c8baf1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bac8f1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 200 241 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.84 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.00 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.68 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.81 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.98 #45370e Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bac8f1  rgb(186, 200, 241)  hsl(225, 66%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#f1e3ba  rgb(241, 227, 186)  hsl(45, 66%, 84%)  Wheat
#f1bac8  rgb(241, 186, 200)  hsl(345, 66%, 84%)  Bubble Gum
#c8f1ba  rgb(200, 241, 186)  hsl(105, 66%, 84%)  Tea Green