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#C5CAEE

#c5caee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c5caee 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, 79.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.23% cyan, 15.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 232.68°, with 54.67% saturation and 85.29% 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 13.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6028

Complementary

  1. #c5caee
  2. #eee9c5

Split complementary

  1. #c5caee
  2. #eed4c5
  3. #deeec5

Analogous

  1. #c5deee
  2. #c5caee
  3. #d4c5ee

Triadic

  1. #c5caee
  2. #eec5ca
  3. #caeec5

Tetradic

  1. #c5caee
  2. #e9c5ee
  3. #eee9c5
  4. #caeec5

Square

  1. #c5caee
  2. #eec5de
  3. #eee9c5
  4. #c5eed4

Monochromatic

  1. #4f5ecb
  2. #8a94dd
  3. #c5caee
  4. #eff1fa
  5. #eff1fa

Shades

#c5caee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c5caee
  2. #b1b6d6
  3. #9ea2be
  4. #8a8da7
  5. #76798f
  6. #636577
  7. #4f515f
  8. #3b3d47
  9. #272830
  10. #141418
  11. #000000

Tints

#c5caee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c5caee
  2. #cbcff0
  3. #d1d5f1
  4. #d6daf3
  5. #dcdff5
  6. #e2e5f7
  7. #e8eaf8
  8. #eeeffa
  9. #f3f4fc
  10. #f9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c5caee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c5caee
  2. #bec3e3
  3. #b7bbd8
  4. #b0b4cd
  5. #a9acc2
  6. #a3a5b7
  7. #9c9eac
  8. #9596a1
  9. #8e8f96
  10. #87878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9cbda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1cdf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcbed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcd0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2ccef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1caed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0cee0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c5caee {
  color: #c5caee;
}
Background
.bg-c5caee {
  background-color: #c5caee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c5caee {
  border: 2px solid #c5caee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c5caee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 202 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 55% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c5caee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c5caee, #d4c5ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c5caee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 202 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.99 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.25 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.41 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.45 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.46 #3a3511 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c5caee  rgb(197, 202, 238)  hsl(233, 55%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#eee9c5  rgb(238, 233, 197)  hsl(53, 55%, 85%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eec5ca  rgb(238, 197, 202)  hsl(353, 55%, 85%)  Baby Pink
#caeec5  rgb(202, 238, 197)  hsl(113, 55%, 85%)  Tea Green