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#BCBBE8

#bcbbe8 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbbe8 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 73.33% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.97% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 241.33°, with 49.45% saturation and 82.16% 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 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5206

Complementary

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #e7e8bb

Split complementary

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #e8d3bb
  3. #d1e8bb

Analogous

  1. #bbd1e8
  2. #bcbbe8
  3. #d3bbe8

Triadic

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #e8bcbb
  3. #bbe8bc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #e8bbe7
  3. #e7e8bb
  4. #bbe8bc

Square

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #e8bbd1
  3. #e7e8bb
  4. #bbe8d3

Monochromatic

  1. #4b49c1
  2. #8482d5
  3. #bcbbe8
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#bcbbe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #a9a8d1
  3. #9696ba
  4. #8483a2
  5. #71708b
  6. #5e5e74
  7. #4b4b5d
  8. #383846
  9. #26252e
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbbe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #c3c2ea
  3. #c9c9ed
  4. #d0cfef
  5. #d7d6f1
  6. #deddf4
  7. #e4e4f6
  8. #ebebf8
  9. #f2f1fa
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbbe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbbe8
  2. #b6b5de
  3. #b0afd3
  4. #aaa9c9
  5. #a4a3be
  6. #9e9eb4
  7. #9898aa
  8. #92929f
  9. #8c8c95
  10. #86868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebdd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c0ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bee9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4bde7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c0d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbbe8 {
  color: #bcbbe8;
}
Background
.bg-bcbbe8 {
  background-color: #bcbbe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbbe8 {
  border: 2px solid #bcbbe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbbe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 187 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 49% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbbe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbbe8, #d3bbe8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbbe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 187 232 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.66 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.93 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.98 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.96 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.00 #434417 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcbbe8  rgb(188, 187, 232)  hsl(241, 49%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#e7e8bb  rgb(231, 232, 187)  hsl(61, 49%, 82%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#e8bcbb  rgb(232, 188, 187)  hsl(1, 49%, 82%)  Baby Pink
#bbe8bc  rgb(187, 232, 188)  hsl(121, 49%, 82%)  Celadon