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#CECEED

#ceceed ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ceceed 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, 80.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.08% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 46.27% 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 13.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.41.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6338

Complementary

  1. #ceceed
  2. #ededce

Split complementary

  1. #ceceed
  2. #edddce
  3. #ddedce

Analogous

  1. #cedded
  2. #ceceed
  3. #ddceed

Triadic

  1. #ceceed
  2. #edcece
  3. #ceedce

Tetradic

  1. #ceceed
  2. #edceed
  3. #ededce
  4. #ceedce

Square

  1. #ceceed
  2. #edcedd
  3. #ededce
  4. #ceeddd

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5ec4
  2. #9696d8
  3. #ceceed
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#ceceed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceceed
  2. #b9b9d5
  3. #a5a5be
  4. #9090a6
  5. #7c7c8e
  6. #676777
  7. #52525f
  8. #3e3e47
  9. #29292f
  10. #151518
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceceed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceceed
  2. #d3d3ef
  3. #d8d8f1
  4. #ddddf2
  5. #e2e2f4
  6. #e7e7f6
  7. #ebebf8
  8. #f0f0fa
  9. #f5f5fb
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceceed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceceed
  2. #c6c6e2
  3. #bebed7
  4. #b7b7cc
  5. #afafc1
  6. #a7a7b7
  7. #9f9fac
  8. #9797a1
  9. #909096
  10. #88888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfcfdc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d1ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6d0ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8d3d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cad0ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9cfec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cad1e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceceed {
  color: #ceceed;
}
Background
.bg-ceceed {
  background-color: #ceceed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceceed {
  border: 2px solid #ceceed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceceed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 206 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 46% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceceed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceceed, #ddceed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceceed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 206 237 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.41 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.12 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.56 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.42 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.58 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.04 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 11.10 #313112 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#ceceed  rgb(206, 206, 237)  hsl(240, 46%, 87%)  Periwinkle
#ededce  rgb(237, 237, 206)  hsl(60, 46%, 87%)  Beige
#edcece  rgb(237, 206, 206)  hsl(0, 46%, 87%)  Pale Pink
#ceedce  rgb(206, 237, 206)  hsl(120, 46%, 87%)  Tea Green