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#C8BFEE

#c8bfee ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bfee 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, 74.9% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.97% cyan, 19.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 251.49°, with 58.02% saturation and 84.12% 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 12.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5571

Complementary

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #e5eebf

Split complementary

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #eee0bf
  3. #ceeebf

Analogous

  1. #bfceee
  2. #c8bfee
  3. #e0bfee

Triadic

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #eec8bf
  3. #bfeec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #eebfe5
  3. #e5eebf
  4. #bfeec8

Square

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #eebfce
  3. #e5eebf
  4. #bfeee0

Monochromatic

  1. #6046ce
  2. #9483de
  3. #c8bfee
  4. #f1effb
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#c8bfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #b4acd6
  3. #a099be
  4. #8c86a7
  5. #78738f
  6. #646077
  7. #504c5f
  8. #3c3947
  9. #282630
  10. #141318
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #cec5f0
  3. #d3ccf1
  4. #d9d2f3
  5. #ded9f5
  6. #e4dff7
  7. #e9e5f8
  8. #efecfa
  9. #f4f2fc
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bfee
  2. #c1b9e3
  3. #bab2d8
  4. #b2accd
  5. #aba6c2
  6. #a4a0b7
  7. #9d99ac
  8. #9693a1
  9. #8e8d96
  10. #87868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c3d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1c6cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdc3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdc2ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4c3dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bfee {
  color: #c8bfee;
}
Background
.bg-c8bfee {
  background-color: #c8bfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bfee {
  border: 2px solid #c8bfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 191 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 58% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bfee, #e0bfee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 191 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.21 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.73 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.12 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.79 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.92 #374011 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8bfee  rgb(200, 191, 238)  hsl(251, 58%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#e5eebf  rgb(229, 238, 191)  hsl(71, 58%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eec8bf  rgb(238, 200, 191)  hsl(11, 58%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#bfeec8  rgb(191, 238, 200)  hsl(131, 58%, 84%)  Celadon