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#BCBEEB

#bcbeeb ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbeeb 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, 74.51% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 19.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 237.45°, with 54.02% 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5352

Complementary

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #ebe9bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #ebd1bc
  3. #d5ebbc

Analogous

  1. #bcd5eb
  2. #bcbeeb
  3. #d1bceb

Triadic

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #ebbcbe
  3. #beebbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #e9bceb
  3. #ebe9bc
  4. #beebbc

Square

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #ebbcd5
  3. #ebe9bc
  4. #bcebd1

Monochromatic

  1. #464cc8
  2. #8185d9
  3. #bcbeeb
  4. #eff0fa
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#bcbeeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #a9abd4
  3. #9698bc
  4. #8485a5
  5. #71728d
  6. #5e5f76
  7. #4b4c5e
  8. #383947
  9. #26262f
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbeeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #c3c5ed
  3. #c9cbef
  4. #d0d2f1
  5. #d7d8f3
  6. #dedff5
  7. #e4e5f7
  8. #ebecf9
  9. #f2f2fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbeeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbeeb
  2. #b6b8e0
  3. #b0b2d6
  4. #aaabcb
  5. #a4a5c0
  6. #9e9fb6
  7. #9899ab
  8. #9293a0
  9. #8c8c95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c0ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5bfea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c3da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbeeb {
  color: #bcbeeb;
}
Background
.bg-bcbeeb {
  background-color: #bcbeeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbeeb {
  border: 2px solid #bcbeeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbeeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 190 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 54% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbeeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbeeb, #d1bceb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbeeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 190 235 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.57 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.13 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.14 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.99 #434114 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcbeeb  rgb(188, 190, 235)  hsl(237, 54%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#ebe9bc  rgb(235, 233, 188)  hsl(57, 54%, 83%)  Blond
#ebbcbe  rgb(235, 188, 190)  hsl(357, 54%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#beebbc  rgb(190, 235, 188)  hsl(117, 54%, 83%)  Celadon