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#BBBBEE

#bbbbee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbbee is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 21.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5228

Complementary

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #eeeebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #eed4bb
  3. #d4eebb

Analogous

  1. #bbd4ee
  2. #bbbbee
  3. #d4bbee

Triadic

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #eebbbb
  3. #bbeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #eebbee
  3. #eeeebb
  4. #bbeebb

Square

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #eebbd4
  3. #eeeebb
  4. #bbeed4

Monochromatic

  1. #4141cf
  2. #7e7edf
  3. #bbbbee
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#bbbbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #a8a8d6
  3. #9696be
  4. #8383a7
  5. #70708f
  6. #5e5e77
  7. #4b4b5f
  8. #383847
  9. #252530
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #c2c2f0
  3. #c9c9f1
  4. #cfcff3
  5. #d6d6f5
  6. #ddddf7
  7. #e4e4f8
  8. #ebebfa
  9. #f1f1fc
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbbee
  2. #b5b5e3
  3. #afafd8
  4. #a9a9cd
  5. #a3a3c2
  6. #9e9eb7
  7. #9898ac
  8. #9292a1
  9. #8c8c96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aec1f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adbeed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0c4cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3bfef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbbee {
  color: #bbbbee;
}
Background
.bg-bbbbee {
  background-color: #bbbbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbbee {
  border: 2px solid #bbbbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbbee, #d4bbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.22 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.64 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.17 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.34 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.69 #444411 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbbee  rgb(187, 187, 238)  hsl(240, 60%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#eeeebb  rgb(238, 238, 187)  hsl(60, 60%, 83%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eebbbb  rgb(238, 187, 187)  hsl(0, 60%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bbeebb  rgb(187, 238, 187)  hsl(120, 60%, 83%)  Celadon