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#CDBEE3

#cdbee3 ≈ Thistle

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdbee3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 74.51% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.69% cyan, 16.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 264.32°, with 39.78% saturation and 81.76% 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 12.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5535

Complementary

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #d4e3be

Split complementary

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #e3dfbe
  3. #c1e3be

Analogous

  1. #bec1e3
  2. #cdbee3
  3. #dfbee3

Triadic

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #e3cdbe
  3. #bee3cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #e3bed4
  3. #d4e3be
  4. #bee3cd

Square

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #e3bec1
  3. #d4e3be
  4. #bee3df

Monochromatic

  1. #7b53b5
  2. #a489cc
  3. #cdbee3
  4. #f4f1f9
  5. #f4f1f9

Shades

#cdbee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #b9abcc
  3. #a498b6
  4. #90859f
  5. #7b7288
  6. #675f72
  7. #524c5b
  8. #3e3944
  9. #29262d
  10. #151317
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdbee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #d2c5e6
  3. #d7cbe9
  4. #dcd2eb
  5. #e1d8ee
  6. #e6dff1
  7. #ebe5f4
  8. #f0ecf7
  9. #f5f2f9
  10. #faf9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdbee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdbee3
  2. #c5b8d9
  3. #beb2cf
  4. #b6abc5
  5. #aea5bb
  6. #a79fb2
  7. #9f99a8
  8. #97939e
  9. #8f8c94
  10. #88868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c2d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c4e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac4e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cac3ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1c2e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2c2e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbc1d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdbee3 {
  color: #cdbee3;
}
Background
.bg-cdbee3 {
  background-color: #cdbee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdbee3 {
  border: 2px solid #cdbee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdbee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 190 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 40% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdbee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdbee3, #dfbee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdbee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 190 227 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 5.20 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.50 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.19 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.99 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.17 #32411c Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Thistle
#cdbee3  rgb(205, 190, 227)  hsl(264, 40%, 82%)  Thistle
#d4e3be  rgb(212, 227, 190)  hsl(84, 40%, 82%)  Tea Green
#e3cdbe  rgb(227, 205, 190)  hsl(24, 40%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#bee3cd  rgb(190, 227, 205)  hsl(144, 40%, 82%)  Magic Mint