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#c6bbfb ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c6bbfb is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 73.33% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.12% cyan, 25.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 250.31°, with 88.89% saturation and 85.88% 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 11.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.74.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5451

Complementary

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #f0fbbb

Split complementary

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #fbe6bb
  3. #d0fbbb

Analogous

  1. #bbd0fb
  2. #c6bbfb
  3. #e6bbfb

Triadic

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #fbc6bb
  3. #bbfbc6

Tetradic

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #fbbbf0
  3. #f0fbbb
  4. #bbfbc6

Square

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #fbbbd0
  3. #f0fbbb
  4. #bbfbe6

Monochromatic

  1. #4d2af3
  2. #8973f7
  3. #c6bbfb
  4. #efecfe
  5. #efecfe

Shades

#c6bbfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #b2a8e2
  3. #9e96c9
  4. #8b83b0
  5. #777097
  6. #635e7e
  7. #4f4b64
  8. #3b384b
  9. #282532
  10. #141319
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6bbfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #ccc2fb
  3. #d1c9fc
  4. #d7cffc
  5. #ddd6fd
  6. #e3ddfd
  7. #e8e4fd
  8. #eeebfe
  9. #f4f1fe
  10. #f9f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6bbfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6bbfb
  2. #bfb5ef
  3. #b8afe2
  4. #b1a9d6
  5. #aaa3ca
  6. #a39ebe
  7. #9c98b1
  8. #9592a5
  9. #8e8c99
  10. #87868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c0dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acc4fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc2f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbc5d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c0fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bffa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0c1e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6bbfb {
  color: #c6bbfb;
}
Background
.bg-c6bbfb {
  background-color: #c6bbfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6bbfb {
  border: 2px solid #c6bbfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6bbfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 187 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 89% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6bbfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6bbfb, #e6bbfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6bbfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 187 251 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.74 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.82 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.38 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.84 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.16 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.43 #394404 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c6bbfb  rgb(198, 187, 251)  hsl(250, 89%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#f0fbbb  rgb(240, 251, 187)  hsl(70, 89%, 86%)  Cream
#fbc6bb  rgb(251, 198, 187)  hsl(10, 89%, 86%)  Melon
#bbfbc6  rgb(187, 251, 198)  hsl(130, 89%, 86%)  Celadon