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#BBBDEE

#bbbdee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbdee 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, 74.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 20.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 237.65°, 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 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.89.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5313

Complementary

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #eeecbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #eed2bb
  3. #d6eebb

Analogous

  1. #bbd6ee
  2. #bbbdee
  3. #d2bbee

Triadic

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #eebbbd
  3. #bdeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #ecbbee
  3. #eeecbb
  4. #bdeebb

Square

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #eebbd6
  3. #eeecbb
  4. #bbeed2

Monochromatic

  1. #4146cf
  2. #7e82df
  3. #bbbdee
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#bbbdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #a8aad6
  3. #9697be
  4. #8384a7
  5. #70718f
  6. #5e5f77
  7. #4b4c5f
  8. #383947
  9. #252630
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #c2c4f0
  3. #c9caf1
  4. #cfd1f3
  5. #d6d7f5
  6. #dddef7
  7. #e4e5f8
  8. #ebebfa
  9. #f1f2fc
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbdee
  2. #b5b7e3
  3. #afb1d8
  4. #a9abcd
  5. #a3a5c2
  6. #9e9fb7
  7. #9898ac
  8. #9292a1
  9. #8c8c96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebfd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebfed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0c5ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5c0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4beed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c2db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbdee {
  color: #bbbdee;
}
Background
.bg-bbbdee {
  background-color: #bbbdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbdee {
  border: 2px solid #bbbdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 189 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbdee, #d2bbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 189 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.19 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.05 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.33 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.84 #444211 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbdee  rgb(187, 189, 238)  hsl(238, 60%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#eeecbb  rgb(238, 236, 187)  hsl(58, 60%, 83%)  Blond
#eebbbd  rgb(238, 187, 189)  hsl(358, 60%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bdeebb  rgb(189, 238, 187)  hsl(118, 60%, 83%)  Celadon