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#BCB6DA

#bcb6da ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcb6da is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 71.37% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.76% cyan, 16.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 250°, with 32.73% saturation and 78.43% 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 10.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 7.21.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.4921

Complementary

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #d4dab6

Split complementary

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #daceb6
  3. #c2dab6

Analogous

  1. #b6c2da
  2. #bcb6da
  3. #ceb6da

Triadic

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #dabcb6
  3. #b6dabc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #dab6d4
  3. #d4dab6
  4. #b6dabc

Square

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #dab6c2
  3. #d4dab6
  4. #b6dace

Monochromatic

  1. #6153a4
  2. #8d83c0
  3. #bcb6da
  4. #ebe9f4
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#bcb6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #a9a4c4
  3. #9692ae
  4. #847f99
  5. #716d83
  6. #5e5b6d
  7. #4b4957
  8. #383741
  9. #26242c
  10. #131216
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #c3bdde
  3. #c9c5e1
  4. #d0cce5
  5. #d7d3e9
  6. #dedbed
  7. #e4e2f0
  8. #ebe9f4
  9. #f2f0f8
  10. #f8f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb6da
  2. #b6b1d1
  3. #b0abc8
  4. #aaa6bf
  5. #a4a0b6
  6. #9e9bad
  7. #9896a4
  8. #92909b
  9. #8c8b92
  10. #868589
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aebbdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbad9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4b9db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4b8d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9b9cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb6da {
  color: #bcb6da;
}
Background
.bg-bcb6da {
  background-color: #bcb6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb6da {
  border: 2px solid #bcb6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 182 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 33% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb6da, #ceb6da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 182 218 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.21 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.26 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.99 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.09 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.17 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.96 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.08 #434925 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcb6da  rgb(188, 182, 218)  hsl(250, 33%, 78%)  Periwinkle
#d4dab6  rgb(212, 218, 182)  hsl(70, 33%, 78%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#dabcb6  rgb(218, 188, 182)  hsl(10, 33%, 78%)  Silver Pink
#b6dabc  rgb(182, 218, 188)  hsl(130, 33%, 78%)  Celadon