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#BCAFF6

#bcaff6 ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bcaff6 is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 68.63% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.58% cyan, 28.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 250.99°, with 79.78% saturation and 82.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 7.62.

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Relative luminance0.4801

Complementary

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #e9f6af

Split complementary

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #f6e0af
  3. #c5f6af

Analogous

  1. #afc5f6
  2. #bcaff6
  3. #e0aff6

Triadic

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #f6bcaf
  3. #aff6bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #f6afe9
  3. #e9f6af
  4. #aff6bc

Square

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #f6afc5
  3. #e9f6af
  4. #aff6e0

Monochromatic

  1. #4925e7
  2. #826aee
  3. #bcaff6
  4. #f0edfd
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#bcaff6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #a99edd
  3. #968cc5
  4. #847bac
  5. #716994
  6. #5e587b
  7. #4b4662
  8. #38354a
  9. #262331
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcaff6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #c3b7f7
  3. #c9bff8
  4. #d0c7f9
  5. #d7cffa
  6. #ded7fb
  7. #e4dffb
  8. #ebe7fc
  9. #f2effd
  10. #f8f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcaff6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcaff6
  2. #b6aaea
  3. #b0a6de
  4. #aaa1d3
  5. #a49cc7
  6. #9e98bb
  7. #9893af
  8. #928ea3
  9. #8c8998
  10. #86858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab5d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9db9f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb7f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0bbc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aab5f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb4f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5b6dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcaff6 {
  color: #bcaff6;
}
Background
.bg-bcaff6 {
  background-color: #bcaff6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcaff6 {
  border: 2px solid #bcaff6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcaff6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 175 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 80% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcaff6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcaff6, #e0aff6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcaff6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 175 246 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.62 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.55 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.82 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.14 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.28 #435009 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcaff6  rgb(188, 175, 246)  hsl(251, 80%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#e9f6af  rgb(233, 246, 175)  hsl(71, 80%, 83%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f6bcaf  rgb(246, 188, 175)  hsl(11, 80%, 83%)  Melon
#aff6bc  rgb(175, 246, 188)  hsl(131, 80%, 83%)  Celadon