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#BFC6FE

#bfc6fe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfc6fe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 77.65% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 22.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 233.33°, with 96.92% saturation and 87.25% 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 12.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.16.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5862

Complementary

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #fef7bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #fed7bf
  3. #e5febf

Analogous

  1. #bfe5fe
  2. #bfc6fe
  3. #d7bffe

Triadic

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #febfc6
  3. #c6febf

Tetradic

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #f7bffe
  3. #fef7bf
  4. #c6febf

Square

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #febfe5
  3. #fef7bf
  4. #bffed7

Monochromatic

  1. #2840fc
  2. #7483fd
  3. #bfc6fe
  4. #ebedff
  5. #ebedff

Shades

#bfc6fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #acb2e5
  3. #999ecb
  4. #868bb2
  5. #737798
  6. #60637f
  7. #4c4f66
  8. #393b4c
  9. #262833
  10. #131419
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfc6fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #c5ccfe
  3. #ccd1fe
  4. #d2d7fe
  5. #d9ddfe
  6. #dfe3ff
  7. #e5e8ff
  8. #eceeff
  9. #f2f4ff
  10. #f9f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfc6fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfc6fe
  2. #b9bff1
  3. #b2b8e5
  4. #acb1d8
  5. #a6aacc
  6. #a0a3bf
  7. #999cb2
  8. #9395a6
  9. #8d8e99
  10. #86878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c8e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7ccff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0d0d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bac9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8c7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6cce9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfc6fe {
  color: #bfc6fe;
}
Background
.bg-bfc6fe {
  background-color: #bfc6fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfc6fe {
  border: 2px solid #bfc6fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfc6fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 198 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 97% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfc6fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfc6fe, #d7bffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfc6fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 198 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.53 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.22 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.49 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.66 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.78 #403901 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bfc6fe  rgb(191, 198, 254)  hsl(233, 97%, 87%)  Periwinkle
#fef7bf  rgb(254, 247, 191)  hsl(53, 97%, 87%)  Blond
#febfc6  rgb(254, 191, 198)  hsl(353, 97%, 87%)  Pink
#c6febf  rgb(198, 254, 191)  hsl(113, 97%, 87%)  Tea Green