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#c8c8f1 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8c8f1 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 78.43% green and 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.01% cyan, 17.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 59.42% saturation and 86.47% 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 12.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 2.73.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5994

Complementary

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #f1f1c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #f1dcc8
  3. #dcf1c8

Analogous

  1. #c8dcf1
  2. #c8c8f1
  3. #dcc8f1

Triadic

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #f1c8c8
  3. #c8f1c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #f1c8f1
  3. #f1f1c8
  4. #c8f1c8

Square

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #f1c8dc
  3. #f1f1c8
  4. #c8f1dc

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4ed2
  2. #8b8be1
  3. #c8c8f1
  4. #efeffb
  5. #efeffb

Shades

#c8c8f1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #b4b4d9
  3. #a0a0c1
  4. #8c8ca9
  5. #787891
  6. #646479
  7. #505060
  8. #3c3c48
  9. #282830
  10. #141418
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8c8f1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #cecef2
  3. #d3d3f4
  4. #d9d9f5
  5. #dedef7
  6. #e4e4f8
  7. #e9e9f9
  8. #efeffb
  9. #f4f4fc
  10. #fafafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8c8f1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8c8f1
  2. #c1c1e6
  3. #babada
  4. #b2b2cf
  5. #ababc4
  6. #a4a4b9
  7. #9d9dad
  8. #9696a2
  9. #8e8e97
  10. #87878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cacadb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becdf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdcaf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfcfd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2cbf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1c9f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3cce1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8c8f1 {
  color: #c8c8f1;
}
Background
.bg-c8c8f1 {
  background-color: #c8c8f1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8c8f1 {
  border: 2px solid #c8c8f1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8c8f1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 200 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 59% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8c8f1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8c8f1, #dcc8f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8c8f1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 200 241 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 2.73 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.31 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.87 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.45 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.82 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.03 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.89 #37370e Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8c8f1  rgb(200, 200, 241)  hsl(240, 59%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#f1f1c8  rgb(241, 241, 200)  hsl(60, 59%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#f1c8c8  rgb(241, 200, 200)  hsl(0, 59%, 86%)  Baby Pink
#c8f1c8  rgb(200, 241, 200)  hsl(120, 59%, 86%)  Tea Green