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#CBBEEA

#cbbeea ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbbeea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 74.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.25% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 257.73°, with 51.16% saturation and 83.14% 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 12.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5546

Complementary

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #ddeabe

Split complementary

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #eae1be
  3. #c7eabe

Analogous

  1. #bec7ea
  2. #cbbeea
  3. #e1beea

Triadic

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #eacbbe
  3. #beeacb

Tetradic

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #eabedd
  3. #ddeabe
  4. #beeacb

Square

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #eabec7
  3. #ddeabe
  4. #beeae1

Monochromatic

  1. #6f4ac5
  2. #9d84d7
  3. #cbbeea
  4. #f3f0fa
  5. #f3f0fa

Shades

#cbbeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #b7abd3
  3. #a298bb
  4. #8e85a4
  5. #7a728c
  6. #665f75
  7. #514c5e
  8. #3d3946
  9. #29262f
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbbeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #d0c5ec
  3. #d5cbee
  4. #dbd2f0
  5. #e0d8f2
  6. #e5dff5
  7. #eae5f7
  8. #efecf9
  9. #f5f2fb
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbbeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbbeea
  2. #c4b8df
  3. #bcb2d5
  4. #b5abca
  5. #ada5c0
  6. #a69fb5
  7. #9e99aa
  8. #9793a0
  9. #8f8c95
  10. #88868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c2d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6c4cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bec2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfc2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8c2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbbeea {
  color: #cbbeea;
}
Background
.bg-cbbeea {
  background-color: #cbbeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbbeea {
  border: 2px solid #cbbeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbbeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 190 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 51% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbbeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbbeea, #e1beea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbbeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 190 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.55 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.26 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.27 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.04 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.10 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.65 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.30 #344115 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cbbeea  rgb(203, 190, 234)  hsl(258, 51%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#ddeabe  rgb(221, 234, 190)  hsl(78, 51%, 83%)  Tea Green
#eacbbe  rgb(234, 203, 190)  hsl(18, 51%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#beeacb  rgb(190, 234, 203)  hsl(138, 51%, 83%)  Magic Mint