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#C3C2E2

#c3c2e2 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c3c2e2 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 76.08% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.72% cyan, 14.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 241.88°, with 35.56% saturation and 82.35% 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 12.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.8.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5568

Complementary

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #e1e2c2

Split complementary

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #e2d3c2
  3. #d1e2c2

Analogous

  1. #c2d1e2
  2. #c3c2e2
  3. #d3c2e2

Triadic

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #e2c3c2
  3. #c2e2c3

Tetradic

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #e2c2e1
  3. #e1e2c2
  4. #c2e2c3

Square

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #e2c2d1
  3. #e1e2c2
  4. #c2e2d3

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5ab1
  2. #908ec9
  3. #c3c2e2
  4. #f1f1f8
  5. #f1f1f8

Shades

#c3c2e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #b0afcb
  3. #9c9bb5
  4. #89889e
  5. #757488
  6. #626171
  7. #4e4e5a
  8. #3b3a44
  9. #27272d
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#c3c2e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #c9c8e5
  3. #cfcee8
  4. #d5d4eb
  5. #dbdaee
  6. #e1e1f1
  7. #e7e7f3
  8. #ededf6
  9. #f3f3f9
  10. #f9f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c3c2e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c3c2e2
  2. #bcbbd8
  3. #b6b5ce
  4. #afaec5
  5. #a8a8bb
  6. #a2a1b1
  7. #9b9aa7
  8. #94949d
  9. #8d8d94
  10. #87878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c4d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc6e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac4e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdc7cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bec4e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bec3e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfc5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c3c2e2 {
  color: #c3c2e2;
}
Background
.bg-c3c2e2 {
  background-color: #c3c2e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c3c2e2 {
  border: 2px solid #c3c2e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c3c2e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 194 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 36% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c3c2e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3c2e2, #d3c2e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c3c2e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 194 226 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.80 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.49 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.76 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.77 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.24 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.45 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.88 #3c3d1d Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c3c2e2  rgb(195, 194, 226)  hsl(242, 36%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#e1e2c2  rgb(225, 226, 194)  hsl(62, 36%, 82%)  Beige
#e2c3c2  rgb(226, 195, 194)  hsl(2, 36%, 82%)  Baby Pink
#c2e2c3  rgb(194, 226, 195)  hsl(122, 36%, 82%)  Tea Green