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#C8CDEE

#c8cdee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8cdee 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, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.97% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 232.11°, with 52.78% saturation and 85.88% 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 13.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6212

Complementary

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #eee9c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #eed6c8
  3. #e0eec8

Analogous

  1. #c8e0ee
  2. #c8cdee
  3. #d6c8ee

Triadic

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #eec8cd
  3. #cdeec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #e9c8ee
  3. #eee9c8
  4. #cdeec8

Square

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #eec8e0
  3. #eee9c8
  4. #c8eed6

Monochromatic

  1. #5363ca
  2. #8e98dc
  3. #c8cdee
  4. #eff1fa
  5. #eff1fa

Shades

#c8cdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #b4b9d6
  3. #a0a4be
  4. #8c90a7
  5. #787b8f
  6. #646777
  7. #50525f
  8. #3c3e47
  9. #282930
  10. #141518
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #ced2f0
  3. #d3d7f1
  4. #d9dcf3
  5. #dee1f5
  6. #e4e6f7
  7. #e9ebf8
  8. #eff0fa
  9. #f4f5fc
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cdee
  2. #c1c5e3
  3. #babed8
  4. #b2b6cd
  5. #abaec2
  6. #a4a7b7
  7. #9d9fac
  8. #9697a1
  9. #8e8f96
  10. #87888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cccedc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d0f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0d3d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cfef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5cded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3d0e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cdee {
  color: #c8cdee;
}
Background
.bg-c8cdee {
  background-color: #c8cdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cdee {
  border: 2px solid #c8cdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 53% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cdee, #d6c8ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.76 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.35 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.78 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.96 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.91 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.91 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.32 #373211 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8cdee  rgb(200, 205, 238)  hsl(232, 53%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#eee9c8  rgb(238, 233, 200)  hsl(52, 53%, 86%)  Cornsilk
#eec8cd  rgb(238, 200, 205)  hsl(352, 53%, 86%)  Baby Pink
#cdeec8  rgb(205, 238, 200)  hsl(112, 53%, 86%)  Tea Green