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#CBC1E6

#cbc1e6 ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbc1e6 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, 75.69% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.74% cyan, 16.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 256.22°, with 42.53% saturation and 82.94% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.87.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5655

Complementary

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #dce6c1

Split complementary

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #e6dec1
  3. #c9e6c1

Analogous

  1. #c1c9e6
  2. #cbc1e6
  3. #dec1e6

Triadic

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #e6cbc1
  3. #c1e6cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #e6c1dc
  3. #dce6c1
  4. #c1e6cb

Square

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #e6c1c9
  3. #dce6c1
  4. #c1e6de

Monochromatic

  1. #7054ba
  2. #9d8ad0
  3. #cbc1e6
  4. #f3f0f9
  5. #f3f0f9

Shades

#cbc1e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #b7aecf
  3. #a29ab8
  4. #8e87a1
  5. #7a748a
  6. #666173
  7. #514d5c
  8. #3d3a45
  9. #29272e
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbc1e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #d0c7e9
  3. #d5cdeb
  4. #dbd4ee
  5. #e0daf0
  6. #e5e0f3
  7. #eae6f5
  8. #efecf8
  9. #f5f3fa
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbc1e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbc1e6
  2. #c4bbdc
  3. #bcb4d2
  4. #b5aec7
  5. #ada7bd
  6. #a6a1b3
  7. #9e9aa9
  8. #97949f
  9. #8f8d94
  10. #88878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c4d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bac6e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc6e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1c4e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2c4e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8c4d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbc1e6 {
  color: #cbc1e6;
}
Background
.bg-cbc1e6 {
  background-color: #cbc1e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbc1e6 {
  border: 2px solid #cbc1e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbc1e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 193 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 43% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbc1e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbc1e6, #dec1e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbc1e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 193 230 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.87 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.35 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 6.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.09 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.32 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.61 #343e19 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cbc1e6  rgb(203, 193, 230)  hsl(256, 43%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#dce6c1  rgb(220, 230, 193)  hsl(76, 43%, 83%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#e6cbc1  rgb(230, 203, 193)  hsl(16, 43%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#c1e6cb  rgb(193, 230, 203)  hsl(136, 43%, 83%)  Magic Mint