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#CCC6ED

#ccc6ed ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ccc6ed is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 77.65% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.92% cyan, 16.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 249.23°, with 52% saturation and 85.29% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5934

Complementary

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #e7edc6

Split complementary

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #eddfc6
  3. #d3edc6

Analogous

  1. #c6d3ed
  2. #ccc6ed
  3. #dfc6ed

Triadic

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #edccc6
  3. #c6edcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #edc6e7
  3. #e7edc6
  4. #c6edcc

Square

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #edc6d3
  3. #e7edc6
  4. #c6eddf

Monochromatic

  1. #6452c8
  2. #988cdb
  3. #ccc6ed
  4. #f1effa
  5. #f1effa

Shades

#ccc6ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #b8b2d5
  3. #a39ebe
  4. #8f8ba6
  5. #7a778e
  6. #666377
  7. #524f5f
  8. #3d3b47
  9. #29282f
  10. #141418
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc6ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #d1ccef
  3. #d6d1f1
  4. #dbd7f2
  5. #e0ddf4
  6. #e6e3f6
  7. #ebe8f8
  8. #f0eefa
  9. #f5f4fb
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc6ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc6ed
  2. #c4bfe2
  3. #bdb8d7
  4. #b5b1cc
  5. #aeaac1
  6. #a6a3b7
  7. #9e9cac
  8. #9795a1
  9. #8f8e96
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbc9d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #becaec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6ccd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4c9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4c8ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8cade ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc6ed {
  color: #ccc6ed;
}
Background
.bg-ccc6ed {
  background-color: #ccc6ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc6ed {
  border: 2px solid #ccc6ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc6ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 198 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 52% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc6ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc6ed, #dfc6ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc6ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 198 237 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.21 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.95 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.93 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.82 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.14 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.61 #333912 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#ccc6ed  rgb(204, 198, 237)  hsl(249, 52%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#e7edc6  rgb(231, 237, 198)  hsl(69, 52%, 85%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#edccc6  rgb(237, 204, 198)  hsl(9, 52%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#c6edcc  rgb(198, 237, 204)  hsl(129, 52%, 85%)  Tea Green