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#C8D6FD

#c8d6fd ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8d6fd 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, 83.92% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.95% cyan, 15.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 224.15°, with 92.98% saturation and 88.82% 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 14.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6746

Complementary

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #fdefc8

Split complementary

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #fdd4c8
  3. #f0fdc8

Analogous

  1. #c8f0fd
  2. #c8d6fd
  3. #d4c8fd

Triadic

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #fdc8d6
  3. #d6fdc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #efc8fd
  3. #fdefc8
  4. #d6fdc8

Square

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #fdc8f0
  3. #fdefc8
  4. #c8fdd4

Monochromatic

  1. #3468f8
  2. #7e9ffa
  3. #c8d6fd
  4. #ebf0fe
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#c8d6fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #b4c1e4
  3. #a0abca
  4. #8c96b1
  5. #788098
  6. #646b7f
  7. #505665
  8. #3c404c
  9. #282b33
  10. #141519
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8d6fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #cedafd
  3. #d3defd
  4. #d9e2fe
  5. #dee6fe
  6. #e4ebfe
  7. #e9effe
  8. #eff3fe
  9. #f4f7ff
  10. #fafbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8d6fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8d6fd
  2. #c1cdf1
  3. #bac5e4
  4. #b2bcd8
  5. #abb4cb
  6. #a4abbf
  7. #9da2b2
  8. #969aa6
  9. #8e9199
  10. #87898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1d6e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbd9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6d4fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbdde3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cad8fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7d5fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0daee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8d6fd {
  color: #c8d6fd;
}
Background
.bg-c8d6fd {
  background-color: #c8d6fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8d6fd {
  border: 2px solid #c8d6fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8d6fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 214 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 93% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8d6fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8d6fd, #d4c8fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8d6fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 214 253 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.13 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.36 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.48 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.25 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.65 #372902 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8d6fd  rgb(200, 214, 253)  hsl(224, 93%, 89%)  Periwinkle
#fdefc8  rgb(253, 239, 200)  hsl(44, 93%, 89%)  Blond
#fdc8d6  rgb(253, 200, 214)  hsl(344, 93%, 89%)  Bubble Gum
#d6fdc8  rgb(214, 253, 200)  hsl(104, 93%, 89%)  Tea Green