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#CCD9FF

#ccd9ff ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ccd9ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 85.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 224.71°, with 100% saturation and 90% 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 14.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6968

Complementary

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #fff2cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #ffd9cc
  3. #f2ffcc

Analogous

  1. #ccf2ff
  2. #ccd9ff
  3. #d9ccff

Triadic

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #ffccd9
  3. #d9ffcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #f2ccff
  3. #fff2cc
  4. #d9ffcc

Square

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #ffccf2
  3. #fff2cc
  4. #ccffd9

Monochromatic

  1. #3367ff
  2. #80a0ff
  3. #ccd9ff
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#ccd9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #b8c3e6
  3. #a3aecc
  4. #8f98b3
  5. #7a8299
  6. #666d80
  7. #525766
  8. #3d414d
  9. #292b33
  10. #14161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccd9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #d1ddff
  3. #d6e1ff
  4. #dbe4ff
  5. #e0e8ff
  6. #e6ecff
  7. #ebf0ff
  8. #f0f4ff
  9. #f5f7ff
  10. #fafbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccd9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccd9ff
  2. #c4d0f2
  3. #bdc7e6
  4. #b5bed9
  5. #aeb5cc
  6. #a6adc0
  7. #9ea4b3
  8. #979ba6
  9. #8f9299
  10. #88898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4d9e9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cedcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cad8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0e0e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cddbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cbd8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5ddf0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccd9ff {
  color: #ccd9ff;
}
Background
.bg-ccd9ff {
  background-color: #ccd9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccd9ff {
  border: 2px solid #ccd9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccd9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 217 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 100% 90%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccd9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccd9ff, #d9ccff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccd9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 217 255 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.34 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.68 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.68 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.15 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.39 #332600 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#ccd9ff  rgb(204, 217, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 90%)  Periwinkle
#fff2cc  rgb(255, 242, 204)  hsl(45, 100%, 90%)  Cornsilk
#ffccd9  rgb(255, 204, 217)  hsl(345, 100%, 90%)  Bubble Gum
#d9ffcc  rgb(217, 255, 204)  hsl(105, 100%, 90%)  Tea Green