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#BCBFEE

#bcbfee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbfee 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, 74.9% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.01% cyan, 19.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 236.4°, with 59.52% saturation and 83.53% 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 11.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5413

Complementary

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #eeebbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #eed2bc
  3. #d8eebc

Analogous

  1. #bcd8ee
  2. #bcbfee
  3. #d2bcee

Triadic

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #eebcbf
  3. #bfeebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #ebbcee
  3. #eeebbc
  4. #bfeebc

Square

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #eebcd8
  3. #eeebbc
  4. #bceed2

Monochromatic

  1. #424acf
  2. #7f85df
  3. #bcbfee
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#bcbfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #a9acd6
  3. #9699be
  4. #8486a7
  5. #71738f
  6. #5e6077
  7. #4b4c5f
  8. #383947
  9. #262630
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #c3c5f0
  3. #c9ccf1
  4. #d0d2f3
  5. #d7d9f5
  6. #dedff7
  7. #e4e5f8
  8. #ebecfa
  9. #f2f2fc
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbfee
  2. #b6b9e3
  3. #b0b2d8
  4. #aaaccd
  5. #a4a6c2
  6. #9ea0b7
  7. #9899ac
  8. #9293a1
  9. #8c8d96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0c1d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c4f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c1ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c7cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5c0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbfee {
  color: #bcbfee;
}
Background
.bg-bcbfee {
  background-color: #bcbfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbfee {
  border: 2px solid #bcbfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 191 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 60% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbfee, #d2bcee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 191 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.74 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.92 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.65 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.68 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.72 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.16 #434011 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcbfee  rgb(188, 191, 238)  hsl(236, 60%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#eeebbc  rgb(238, 235, 188)  hsl(56, 60%, 84%)  Blond
#eebcbf  rgb(238, 188, 191)  hsl(356, 60%, 84%)  Baby Pink
#bfeebc  rgb(191, 238, 188)  hsl(116, 60%, 84%)  Tea Green