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#c8bcfb ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bcfb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.32% cyan, 25.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 251.43°, with 88.73% saturation and 86.08% 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 12.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5521

Complementary

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #effbbc

Split complementary

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #fbe8bc
  3. #d0fbbc

Analogous

  1. #bcd0fb
  2. #c8bcfb
  3. #e8bcfb

Triadic

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #fbc8bc
  3. #bcfbc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #fbbcef
  3. #effbbc
  4. #bcfbc8

Square

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #fbbcd0
  3. #effbbc
  4. #bcfbe8

Monochromatic

  1. #512cf2
  2. #8d74f7
  3. #c8bcfb
  4. #efecfe
  5. #efecfe

Shades

#c8bcfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #b4a9e2
  3. #a096c9
  4. #8c84b0
  5. #787197
  6. #645e7e
  7. #504b64
  8. #3c384b
  9. #282632
  10. #141319
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bcfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #cec3fb
  3. #d3c9fc
  4. #d9d0fc
  5. #ded7fd
  6. #e4defd
  7. #e9e4fd
  8. #efebfe
  9. #f4f2fe
  10. #faf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bcfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bcfb
  2. #c1b6ef
  3. #bab0e2
  4. #b2aad6
  5. #aba4ca
  6. #a49ebe
  7. #9d98b1
  8. #9692a5
  9. #8e8c99
  10. #87868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c1dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adc5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aec3f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bec6d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c1fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9c0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2c2e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bcfb {
  color: #c8bcfb;
}
Background
.bg-c8bcfb {
  background-color: #c8bcfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bcfb {
  border: 2px solid #c8bcfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bcfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 188 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 89% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bcfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bcfb, #e8bcfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bcfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 188 251 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.60 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.13 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.79 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.21 #374304 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8bcfb  rgb(200, 188, 251)  hsl(251, 89%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#effbbc  rgb(239, 251, 188)  hsl(71, 89%, 86%)  Cream
#fbc8bc  rgb(251, 200, 188)  hsl(11, 89%, 86%)  Melon
#bcfbc8  rgb(188, 251, 200)  hsl(131, 89%, 86%)  Celadon