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#CABBE6

#cabbe6 ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cabbe6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 73.33% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.17% cyan, 18.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 260.93°, with 46.24% saturation and 81.76% 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 11.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.51.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5381

Complementary

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #d7e6bb

Split complementary

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #e6dfbb
  3. #c1e6bb

Analogous

  1. #bbc1e6
  2. #cabbe6
  3. #dfbbe6

Triadic

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #e6cabb
  3. #bbe6ca

Tetradic

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #e6bbd7
  3. #d7e6bb
  4. #bbe6ca

Square

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #e6bbc1
  3. #d7e6bb
  4. #bbe6df

Monochromatic

  1. #734bbd
  2. #9e83d1
  3. #cabbe6
  4. #f3f0fa
  5. #f3f0fa

Shades

#cabbe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #b6a8cf
  3. #a296b8
  4. #8d83a1
  5. #79708a
  6. #655e73
  7. #514b5c
  8. #3d3845
  9. #28252e
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#cabbe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #cfc2e9
  3. #d5c9eb
  4. #dacfee
  5. #dfd6f0
  6. #e5ddf3
  7. #eae4f5
  8. #efebf8
  9. #f4f1fa
  10. #faf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cabbe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cabbe6
  2. #c3b5dc
  3. #bbafd2
  4. #b4a9c7
  5. #aca3bd
  6. #a59eb3
  7. #9e98a9
  8. #96929f
  9. #8f8c94
  10. #87868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5bfd1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c2e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c2e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdbfe7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bebfe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7bfd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cabbe6 {
  color: #cabbe6;
}
Background
.bg-cabbe6 {
  background-color: #cabbe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cabbe6 {
  border: 2px solid #cabbe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cabbe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 187 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 46% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cabbe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cabbe6, #dfbbe6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cabbe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 187 230 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.51 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 6.75 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.27 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.69 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.90 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.38 #354419 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cabbe6  rgb(202, 187, 230)  hsl(261, 46%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#d7e6bb  rgb(215, 230, 187)  hsl(81, 46%, 82%)  Tea Green
#e6cabb  rgb(230, 202, 187)  hsl(21, 46%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#bbe6ca  rgb(187, 230, 202)  hsl(141, 46%, 82%)  Seafoam Green