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#C6CBF5

#c6cbf5 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c6cbf5 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, 79.61% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.18% cyan, 17.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 233.62°, with 70.15% saturation and 86.86% 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 13.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 2.45.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6131

Complementary

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #f5f0c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #f5d8c6
  3. #e2f5c6

Analogous

  1. #c6e2f5
  2. #c6cbf5
  3. #d8c6f5

Triadic

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #f5c6cb
  3. #cbf5c6

Tetradic

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #f0c6f5
  3. #f5f0c6
  4. #cbf5c6

Square

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #f5c6e2
  3. #f5f0c6
  4. #c6f5d8

Monochromatic

  1. #4454de
  2. #8590ea
  3. #c6cbf5
  4. #eeeffc
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#c6cbf5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #b2b7dd
  3. #9ea2c4
  4. #8b8eac
  5. #777a93
  6. #63667b
  7. #4f5162
  8. #3b3d4a
  9. #282931
  10. #141419
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6cbf5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #ccd0f6
  3. #d1d5f7
  4. #d7dbf8
  5. #dde0f9
  6. #e3e5fa
  7. #e8eafb
  8. #eeeffc
  9. #f4f5fd
  10. #f9fafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6cbf5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6cbf5
  2. #bfc4e9
  3. #b8bcde
  4. #b1b5d2
  5. #aaadc6
  6. #a3a6bb
  7. #9c9eaf
  8. #9597a3
  9. #8e8f97
  10. #87888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caccde ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0cff7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beccf4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcd2d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cdf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1ccf4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0cfe5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6cbf5 {
  color: #c6cbf5;
}
Background
.bg-c6cbf5 {
  background-color: #c6cbf5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6cbf5 {
  border: 2px solid #c6cbf5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6cbf5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 203 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 70% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6cbf5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6cbf5, #d8c6f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6cbf5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 203 245 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 2.45 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.73 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.30 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.51 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.14 #39340a Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c6cbf5  rgb(198, 203, 245)  hsl(234, 70%, 87%)  Periwinkle
#f5f0c6  rgb(245, 240, 198)  hsl(54, 70%, 87%)  Lemon Chiffon
#f5c6cb  rgb(245, 198, 203)  hsl(354, 70%, 87%)  Baby Pink
#cbf5c6  rgb(203, 245, 198)  hsl(114, 70%, 87%)  Tea Green