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#BBBCE9

#bbbce9 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbce9 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, 73.73% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.74% cyan, 19.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 238.7°, with 51.11% saturation and 82.35% 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 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5241

Complementary

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #e9e8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #e9d1bb
  3. #d3e9bb

Analogous

  1. #bbd3e9
  2. #bbbce9
  3. #d1bbe9

Triadic

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #e9bbbc
  3. #bce9bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #e8bbe9
  3. #e9e8bb
  4. #bce9bb

Square

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #e9bbd3
  3. #e9e8bb
  4. #bbe9d1

Monochromatic

  1. #474ac4
  2. #8183d6
  3. #bbbce9
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#bbbce9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #a8a9d2
  3. #9696ba
  4. #8384a3
  5. #70718c
  6. #5e5e75
  7. #4b4b5d
  8. #383846
  9. #25262f
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbce9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #c2c3eb
  3. #c9c9ed
  4. #cfd0f0
  5. #d6d7f2
  6. #dddef4
  7. #e4e4f6
  8. #ebebf8
  9. #f1f2fb
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbce9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbce9
  2. #b5b6df
  3. #afb0d4
  4. #a9aaca
  5. #a3a4bf
  6. #9e9eb5
  7. #9898aa
  8. #9292a0
  9. #8c8c95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebed1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c1eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c4cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bfea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4bde8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c1d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbce9 {
  color: #bbbce9;
}
Background
.bg-bbbce9 {
  background-color: #bbbce9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbce9 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbce9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbce9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 188 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 51% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbce9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbce9, #d1bbe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbce9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 188 233 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.39 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.42 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.15 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.98 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.40 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.54 #444316 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbce9  rgb(187, 188, 233)  hsl(239, 51%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#e9e8bb  rgb(233, 232, 187)  hsl(59, 51%, 82%)  Blond
#e9bbbc  rgb(233, 187, 188)  hsl(359, 51%, 82%)  Baby Pink
#bce9bb  rgb(188, 233, 187)  hsl(119, 51%, 82%)  Celadon