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#BDBEEA

#bdbeea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdbeea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 74.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.23% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 238.67°, with 51.72% 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 11.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.96.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5359

Complementary

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #eae9bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #ead2bd
  3. #d4eabd

Analogous

  1. #bdd4ea
  2. #bdbeea
  3. #d2bdea

Triadic

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #eabdbe
  3. #beeabd

Tetradic

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #e9bdea
  3. #eae9bd
  4. #beeabd

Square

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #eabdd4
  3. #eae9bd
  4. #bdead2

Monochromatic

  1. #494cc5
  2. #8385d8
  3. #bdbeea
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#bdbeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #aaabd3
  3. #9798bb
  4. #8485a4
  5. #71728c
  6. #5f5f75
  7. #4c4c5e
  8. #393946
  9. #26262f
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdbeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #c4c5ec
  3. #cacbee
  4. #d1d2f0
  5. #d7d8f2
  6. #dedff5
  7. #e5e5f7
  8. #ebecf9
  9. #f2f2fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdbeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdbeea
  2. #b7b8df
  3. #b1b2d5
  4. #ababca
  5. #a5a5c0
  6. #9f9fb5
  7. #9899aa
  8. #9293a0
  9. #8c8c95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0c0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2c0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3c5cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6bfe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7c2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdbeea {
  color: #bdbeea;
}
Background
.bg-bdbeea {
  background-color: #bdbeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdbeea {
  border: 2px solid #bdbeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdbeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 190 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 52% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdbeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdbeea, #d2bdea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdbeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 190 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.96 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.72 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.38 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.75 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.77 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.48 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.79 #424115 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bdbeea  rgb(189, 190, 234)  hsl(239, 52%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#eae9bd  rgb(234, 233, 189)  hsl(59, 52%, 83%)  Blond
#eabdbe  rgb(234, 189, 190)  hsl(359, 52%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#beeabd  rgb(190, 234, 189)  hsl(119, 52%, 83%)  Celadon