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#C6C4FB

#c6c4fb ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c6c4fb is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 76.86% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.12% cyan, 21.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 242.18°, with 87.3% saturation and 87.65% 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 12.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 2.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5845

Complementary

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #f9fbc4

Split complementary

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #fbe2c4
  3. #defbc4

Analogous

  1. #c4defb
  2. #c6c4fb
  3. #e2c4fb

Triadic

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #fbc6c4
  3. #c4fbc6

Tetradic

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #fbc4f9
  3. #f9fbc4
  4. #c4fbc6

Square

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #fbc4de
  3. #f9fbc4
  4. #c4fbe2

Monochromatic

  1. #3c35f1
  2. #817cf6
  3. #c6c4fb
  4. #edecfe
  5. #edecfe

Shades

#c6c4fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #b2b0e2
  3. #9e9dc9
  4. #8b89b0
  5. #777697
  6. #63627e
  7. #4f4e64
  8. #3b3b4b
  9. #282732
  10. #141419
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6c4fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #cccafb
  3. #d1d0fc
  4. #d7d6fc
  5. #dddcfd
  6. #e3e2fd
  7. #e8e7fd
  8. #eeedfe
  9. #f4f3fe
  10. #f9f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6c4fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6c4fb
  2. #bfbdef
  3. #b8b6e2
  4. #b1b0d6
  5. #aaa9ca
  6. #a3a2be
  7. #9c9bb1
  8. #9594a5
  9. #8e8e99
  10. #87878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c7df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c8fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbcdd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdc8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcc6fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfcae6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6c4fb {
  color: #c6c4fb;
}
Background
.bg-c6c4fb {
  background-color: #c6c4fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6c4fb {
  border: 2px solid #c6c4fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6c4fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 196 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 87% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6c4fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6c4fb, #e2c4fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6c4fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 196 251 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 2.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.06 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.03 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.31 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.38 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.78 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.99 #393b04 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c6c4fb  rgb(198, 196, 251)  hsl(242, 87%, 88%)  Periwinkle
#f9fbc4  rgb(249, 251, 196)  hsl(62, 87%, 88%)  Cream
#fbc6c4  rgb(251, 198, 196)  hsl(2, 87%, 88%)  Baby Pink
#c4fbc6  rgb(196, 251, 198)  hsl(122, 87%, 88%)  Tea Green