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#CCC3EA

#ccc3ea ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ccc3ea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 76.47% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.82% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 253.85°, with 48.15% saturation and 84.12% 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 12.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5781

Complementary

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #e1eac3

Split complementary

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #eae0c3
  3. #ceeac3

Analogous

  1. #c3ceea
  2. #ccc3ea
  3. #e0c3ea

Triadic

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #eaccc3
  3. #c3eacc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #eac3e1
  3. #e1eac3
  4. #c3eacc

Square

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #eac3ce
  3. #e1eac3
  4. #c3eae0

Monochromatic

  1. #6c52c2
  2. #9c8ad6
  3. #ccc3ea
  4. #f2f0fa
  5. #f2f0fa

Shades

#ccc3ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #b8b0d3
  3. #a39cbb
  4. #8f89a4
  5. #7a758c
  6. #666275
  7. #524e5e
  8. #3d3b46
  9. #29272f
  10. #141417
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc3ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #d1c9ec
  3. #d6cfee
  4. #dbd5f0
  5. #e0dbf2
  6. #e6e1f5
  7. #ebe7f7
  8. #f0edf9
  9. #f5f3fb
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc3ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc3ea
  2. #c4bcdf
  3. #bdb6d5
  4. #b5afca
  5. #aea8c0
  6. #a6a2b5
  7. #9e9baa
  8. #9794a0
  9. #8f8d95
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cac6d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc8ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc8e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7c9d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2c6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3c6e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9c6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc3ea {
  color: #ccc3ea;
}
Background
.bg-ccc3ea {
  background-color: #ccc3ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc3ea {
  border: 2px solid #ccc3ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc3ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 195 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 48% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc3ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc3ea, #e0c3ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc3ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 195 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.05 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.81 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.09 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.37 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.60 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.86 #333c15 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#ccc3ea  rgb(204, 195, 234)  hsl(254, 48%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#e1eac3  rgb(225, 234, 195)  hsl(74, 48%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eaccc3  rgb(234, 204, 195)  hsl(14, 48%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#c3eacc  rgb(195, 234, 204)  hsl(134, 48%, 84%)  Tea Green