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#C2B5F4

#c2b5f4 ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c2b5f4 is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 70.98% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.49% cyan, 25.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 252.38°, with 74.12% saturation and 83.33% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5105

Complementary

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #e7f4b5

Split complementary

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #f4e1b5
  3. #c7f4b5

Analogous

  1. #b5c7f4
  2. #c2b5f4
  3. #e1b5f4

Triadic

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #f4c2b5
  3. #b5f4c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #f4b5e7
  3. #e7f4b5
  4. #b5f4c2

Square

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #f4b5c7
  3. #e7f4b5
  4. #b5f4e1

Monochromatic

  1. #5430e0
  2. #8b72ea
  3. #c2b5f4
  4. #f0edfc
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#c2b5f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #afa3dc
  3. #9b91c3
  4. #887fab
  5. #746d92
  6. #615b7a
  7. #4e4862
  8. #3a3649
  9. #272431
  10. #131218
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2b5f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #c8bcf5
  3. #cec4f6
  4. #d4cbf7
  5. #dad3f8
  6. #e1dafa
  7. #e7e1fb
  8. #ede9fc
  9. #f3f0fd
  10. #f9f8fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2b5f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2b5f4
  2. #bbb0e8
  3. #b5aadd
  4. #aea5d1
  5. #a8a0c6
  6. #a19bba
  7. #9a95ae
  8. #9490a3
  9. #8d8b97
  10. #87858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbad5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6bef7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8bcf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8bfcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2baf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3b9f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcbbdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2b5f4 {
  color: #c2b5f4;
}
Background
.bg-c2b5f4 {
  background-color: #c2b5f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2b5f4 {
  border: 2px solid #c2b5f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2b5f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 181 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 74% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2b5f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2b5f4, #e1b5f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2b5f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 181 244 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.03 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.92 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.31 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.36 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.61 #3d4a0b Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c2b5f4  rgb(194, 181, 244)  hsl(252, 74%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#e7f4b5  rgb(231, 244, 181)  hsl(72, 74%, 83%)  Pale Goldenrod
#f4c2b5  rgb(244, 194, 181)  hsl(12, 74%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#b5f4c2  rgb(181, 244, 194)  hsl(132, 74%, 83%)  Celadon