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#BBBFEC

#bbbfec ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfec 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, 74.9% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.76% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 235.1°, with 56.32% 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 11.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5388

Complementary

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #ece8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #eccfbb
  3. #d7ecbb

Analogous

  1. #bbd7ec
  2. #bbbfec
  3. #cfbbec

Triadic

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #ecbbbf
  3. #bfecbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #e8bbec
  3. #ece8bb
  4. #bfecbb

Square

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #ecbbd7
  3. #ece8bb
  4. #bbeccf

Monochromatic

  1. #434ecb
  2. #7f87db
  3. #bbbfec
  4. #eff0fb
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#bbbfec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #a8acd4
  3. #9699bd
  4. #8386a5
  5. #70738e
  6. #5e6076
  7. #4b4c5e
  8. #383947
  9. #25262f
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #c2c5ee
  3. #c9ccf0
  4. #cfd2f2
  5. #d6d9f4
  6. #dddff6
  7. #e4e5f7
  8. #ebecf9
  9. #f1f2fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfec
  2. #b5b9e1
  3. #afb2d6
  4. #a9accc
  5. #a3a6c1
  6. #9ea0b6
  7. #9899ab
  8. #9293a0
  9. #8c8d96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc1d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c4ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c0eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0c7ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c2ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5c0eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfec {
  color: #bbbfec;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfec {
  background-color: #bbbfec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfec {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 56% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfec, #cfbbec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 236 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.85 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.41 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.60 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.44 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.75 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.91 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.03 #444013 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbfec  rgb(187, 191, 236)  hsl(235, 56%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#ece8bb  rgb(236, 232, 187)  hsl(55, 56%, 83%)  Blond
#ecbbbf  rgb(236, 187, 191)  hsl(355, 56%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bfecbb  rgb(191, 236, 187)  hsl(115, 56%, 83%)  Tea Green