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#CECDEE

#cecdee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cecdee is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.45% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 241.82°, with 49.25% saturation and 86.86% 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 13.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6296

Complementary

  1. #cecdee
  2. #edeecd

Split complementary

  1. #cecdee
  2. #eedecd
  3. #dceecd

Analogous

  1. #cddcee
  2. #cecdee
  3. #decdee

Triadic

  1. #cecdee
  2. #eececd
  3. #cdeece

Tetradic

  1. #cecdee
  2. #eecded
  3. #edeecd
  4. #cdeece

Square

  1. #cecdee
  2. #eecddc
  3. #edeecd
  4. #cdeede

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5bc7
  2. #9694db
  3. #cecdee
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#cecdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cecdee
  2. #b9b9d6
  3. #a5a4be
  4. #9090a7
  5. #7c7b8f
  6. #676777
  7. #52525f
  8. #3e3e47
  9. #292930
  10. #151518
  11. #000000

Tints

#cecdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cecdee
  2. #d3d2f0
  3. #d8d7f1
  4. #dddcf3
  5. #e2e1f5
  6. #e7e6f7
  7. #ebebf8
  8. #f0f0fa
  9. #f5f5fc
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cecdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cecdee
  2. #c6c5e3
  3. #bebed8
  4. #b7b6cd
  5. #afaec2
  6. #a7a7b7
  7. #9f9fac
  8. #9797a1
  9. #908f96
  10. #88888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfcfdd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d1f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cfed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8d2d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9cfef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9ceed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cad0e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cecdee {
  color: #cecdee;
}
Background
.bg-cecdee {
  background-color: #cecdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cecdee {
  border: 2px solid #cecdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cecdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 49% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cecdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cecdee, #decdee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cecdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.87 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.24 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.11 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.02 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.04 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 11.61 #313211 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cecdee  rgb(206, 205, 238)  hsl(242, 49%, 87%)  Periwinkle
#edeecd  rgb(237, 238, 205)  hsl(62, 49%, 87%)  Beige
#eececd  rgb(238, 206, 205)  hsl(2, 49%, 87%)  Pale Pink
#cdeece  rgb(205, 238, 206)  hsl(122, 49%, 87%)  Tea Green