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#CCBCE4

#ccbce4 ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ccbce4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 73.73% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.53% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 264°, with 42.55% saturation and 81.57% 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 11.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 5.79.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5441

Complementary

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #d4e4bc

Split complementary

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #e4e0bc
  3. #c0e4bc

Analogous

  1. #bcc0e4
  2. #ccbce4
  3. #e0bce4

Triadic

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #e4ccbc
  3. #bce4cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #e4bcd4
  3. #d4e4bc
  4. #bce4cc

Square

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #e4bcc0
  3. #d4e4bc
  4. #bce4e0

Monochromatic

  1. #794fb8
  2. #a285ce
  3. #ccbce4
  4. #f4f0f9
  5. #f4f0f9

Shades

#ccbce4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #b8a9cd
  3. #a396b6
  4. #8f84a0
  5. #7a7189
  6. #665e72
  7. #524b5b
  8. #3d3844
  9. #29262e
  10. #141317
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccbce4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #d1c3e7
  3. #d6c9e9
  4. #dbd0ec
  5. #e0d7ef
  6. #e6def2
  7. #ebe4f4
  8. #f0ebf7
  9. #f5f2fa
  10. #faf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccbce4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccbce4
  2. #c4b6da
  3. #bdb0d0
  4. #b5aac6
  5. #aea4bc
  6. #a69eb2
  7. #9e98a8
  8. #97929e
  9. #8f8c94
  10. #88868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c0d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c2e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c3e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfc0e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0c0e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cabfd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccbce4 {
  color: #ccbce4;
}
Background
.bg-ccbce4 {
  background-color: #ccbce4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccbce4 {
  border: 2px solid #ccbce4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccbce4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 188 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 43% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccbce4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccbce4, #e0bce4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccbce4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 188 228 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 5.79 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.07 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 7.45 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.41 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.71 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.39 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.01 #33431b Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Thistle
#ccbce4  rgb(204, 188, 228)  hsl(264, 43%, 82%)  Thistle
#d4e4bc  rgb(212, 228, 188)  hsl(84, 43%, 82%)  Tea Green
#e4ccbc  rgb(228, 204, 188)  hsl(24, 43%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#bce4cc  rgb(188, 228, 204)  hsl(144, 43%, 82%)  Magic Mint