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#C5C4FF

#c5c4ff ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5c4ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 76.86% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.75% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 241.02°, with 100% saturation and 88.43% 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 12.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 2.45.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5857

Complementary

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #feffc4

Split complementary

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #ffe2c4
  3. #e0ffc4

Analogous

  1. #c4e0ff
  2. #c5c4ff
  3. #e2c4ff

Triadic

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #ffc5c4
  3. #c4ffc5

Tetradic

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #ffc4fe
  3. #feffc4
  4. #c4ffc5

Square

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #ffc4e0
  3. #feffc4
  4. #c4ffe2

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2bff
  2. #7a77ff
  3. #c5c4ff
  4. #ebebff
  5. #ebebff

Shades

#c5c4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #b1b0e6
  3. #9e9dcc
  4. #8a89b3
  5. #767699
  6. #636280
  7. #4f4e66
  8. #3b3b4d
  9. #272733
  10. #14141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5c4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #cbcaff
  3. #d1d0ff
  4. #d6d6ff
  5. #dcdcff
  6. #e2e2ff
  7. #e8e7ff
  8. #eeedff
  9. #f3f3ff
  10. #f9f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5c4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5c4ff
  2. #bebdf2
  3. #b7b6e6
  4. #b0b0d9
  5. #a9a9cc
  6. #a3a2c0
  7. #9c9bb3
  8. #9594a6
  9. #8e8e99
  10. #87878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c7e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c8fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8ced8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcc8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbc6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdcae9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5c4ff {
  color: #c5c4ff;
}
Background
.bg-c5c4ff {
  background-color: #c5c4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5c4ff {
  border: 2px solid #c5c4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5c4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 196 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 100% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5c4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5c4ff, #e2c4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5c4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 196 255 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 2.45 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.65 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.47 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.38 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.40 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.73 #3a3b00 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c5c4ff  rgb(197, 196, 255)  hsl(241, 100%, 88%)  Periwinkle
#feffc4  rgb(254, 255, 196)  hsl(61, 100%, 88%)  Cream
#ffc5c4  rgb(255, 197, 196)  hsl(1, 100%, 88%)  Baby Pink
#c4ffc5  rgb(196, 255, 197)  hsl(121, 100%, 88%)  Tea Green