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#C8CEFE

#c8cefe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8cefe 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, 80.78% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.26% cyan, 18.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 233.33°, with 96.43% saturation and 89.02% 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 13.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 1.78.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6358

Complementary

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #fef8c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #feddc8
  3. #e9fec8

Analogous

  1. #c8e9fe
  2. #c8cefe
  3. #ddc8fe

Triadic

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #fec8ce
  3. #cefec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #f8c8fe
  3. #fef8c8
  4. #cefec8

Square

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #fec8e9
  3. #fef8c8
  4. #c8fedd

Monochromatic

  1. #3248fb
  2. #7d8bfd
  3. #c8cefe
  4. #ebedff
  5. #ebedff

Shades

#c8cefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #b4b9e5
  3. #a0a5cb
  4. #8c90b2
  5. #787c98
  6. #64677f
  7. #505266
  8. #3c3e4c
  9. #282933
  10. #141519
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #ced3fe
  3. #d3d8fe
  4. #d9ddfe
  5. #dee2fe
  6. #e4e7ff
  7. #e9ebff
  8. #eff0ff
  9. #f4f5ff
  10. #fafaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cefe
  2. #c1c6f1
  3. #babee5
  4. #b2b7d8
  5. #abafcc
  6. #a4a7bf
  7. #9d9fb2
  8. #9697a6
  9. #8e9099
  10. #87888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdd0e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1d3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcd6de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4d1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2cffd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1d3ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cefe {
  color: #c8cefe;
}
Background
.bg-c8cefe {
  background-color: #c8cefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cefe {
  border: 2px solid #c8cefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 206 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 96% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cefe, #ddc8fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 206 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 1.78 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.66 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.07 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.24 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.84 #373101 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8cefe  rgb(200, 206, 254)  hsl(233, 96%, 89%)  Periwinkle
#fef8c8  rgb(254, 248, 200)  hsl(53, 96%, 89%)  Lemon Chiffon
#fec8ce  rgb(254, 200, 206)  hsl(353, 96%, 89%)  Bubble Gum
#cefec8  rgb(206, 254, 200)  hsl(113, 96%, 89%)  Tea Green