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#C8BCFA

#c8bcfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bcfa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 73.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 24.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 251.61°, with 86.11% 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 12.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.57.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5515

Complementary

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #eefabc

Split complementary

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #fae7bc
  3. #cffabc

Analogous

  1. #bccffa
  2. #c8bcfa
  3. #e7bcfa

Triadic

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #fac8bc
  3. #bcfac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #fabcee
  3. #eefabc
  4. #bcfac8

Square

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #fabccf
  3. #eefabc
  4. #bcfae7

Monochromatic

  1. #532eef
  2. #8e75f5
  3. #c8bcfa
  4. #efecfe
  5. #efecfe

Shades

#c8bcfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #b4a9e1
  3. #a096c8
  4. #8c84af
  5. #787196
  6. #645e7d
  7. #504b64
  8. #3c384b
  9. #282632
  10. #141319
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bcfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #cec3fb
  3. #d3c9fb
  4. #d9d0fc
  5. #ded7fc
  6. #e4defd
  7. #e9e4fd
  8. #efebfe
  9. #f4f2fe
  10. #faf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bcfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bcfa
  2. #c1b6ee
  3. #bab0e2
  4. #b2aad5
  5. #aba4c9
  6. #a49ebd
  7. #9d98b1
  8. #9692a5
  9. #8e8c98
  10. #87868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c1dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aec5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afc3f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bec6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c1fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9c0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2c2e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bcfa {
  color: #c8bcfa;
}
Background
.bg-c8bcfa {
  background-color: #c8bcfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bcfa {
  border: 2px solid #c8bcfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bcfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 188 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bcfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bcfa, #e7bcfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bcfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 188 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.57 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.35 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.24 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.57 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.05 #374305 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8bcfa  rgb(200, 188, 250)  hsl(252, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#eefabc  rgb(238, 250, 188)  hsl(72, 86%, 86%)  Cream
#fac8bc  rgb(250, 200, 188)  hsl(12, 86%, 86%)  Melon
#bcfac8  rgb(188, 250, 200)  hsl(132, 86%, 86%)  Celadon