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#C2BBEA

#c2bbea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c2bbea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 73.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.09% cyan, 20.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.94°, with 52.81% saturation and 82.55% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.69.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5295

Complementary

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #e3eabb

Split complementary

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #eadabb
  3. #cbeabb

Analogous

  1. #bbcbea
  2. #c2bbea
  3. #dabbea

Triadic

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #eac2bb
  3. #bbeac2

Tetradic

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #eabbe3
  3. #e3eabb
  4. #bbeac2

Square

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #eabbcb
  3. #e3eabb
  4. #bbeada

Monochromatic

  1. #5946c6
  2. #8e81d8
  3. #c2bbea
  4. #f1effa
  5. #f1effa

Shades

#c2bbea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #afa8d3
  3. #9b96bb
  4. #8883a4
  5. #74708c
  6. #615e75
  7. #4e4b5e
  8. #3a3846
  9. #27252f
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2bbea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #c8c2ec
  3. #cec9ee
  4. #d4cff0
  5. #dad6f2
  6. #e1ddf5
  7. #e7e4f7
  8. #edebf9
  9. #f3f1fb
  10. #f9f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2bbea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2bbea
  2. #bbb5df
  3. #b5afd5
  4. #aea9ca
  5. #a8a3c0
  6. #a19eb5
  7. #9a98aa
  8. #9492a0
  9. #8d8c95
  10. #87868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1bed2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c1ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bac2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8bfeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8bee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdbfd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2bbea {
  color: #c2bbea;
}
Background
.bg-c2bbea {
  background-color: #c2bbea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2bbea {
  border: 2px solid #c2bbea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2bbea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 187 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2bbea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2bbea, #dabbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2bbea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 187 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.69 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.22 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.30 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.59 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.60 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.63 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.85 #3d4415 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c2bbea  rgb(194, 187, 234)  hsl(249, 53%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#e3eabb  rgb(227, 234, 187)  hsl(69, 53%, 83%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eac2bb  rgb(234, 194, 187)  hsl(9, 53%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bbeac2  rgb(187, 234, 194)  hsl(129, 53%, 83%)  Celadon