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#CFCAEE

#cfcaee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cfcaee is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 79.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.03% cyan, 15.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 248.33°, with 51.43% saturation and 86.27% 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 13.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6168

Complementary

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #e9eeca

Split complementary

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #eee1ca
  3. #d7eeca

Analogous

  1. #cad7ee
  2. #cfcaee
  3. #e1caee

Triadic

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #eecfca
  3. #caeecf

Tetradic

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #eecae9
  3. #e9eeca
  4. #caeecf

Square

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #eecad7
  3. #e9eeca
  4. #caeee1

Monochromatic

  1. #6656c9
  2. #9b90db
  3. #cfcaee
  4. #f1f0fa
  5. #f1f0fa

Shades

#cfcaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #bab6d6
  3. #a6a2be
  4. #918da7
  5. #7c798f
  6. #686577
  7. #53515f
  8. #3e3d47
  9. #292830
  10. #151418
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfcaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #d4cff0
  3. #d9d5f1
  4. #dddaf3
  5. #e2dff5
  6. #e7e5f7
  7. #eceaf8
  8. #f1effa
  9. #f5f4fc
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfcaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfcaee
  2. #c7c3e3
  3. #bfbbd8
  4. #b7b4cd
  5. #afacc2
  6. #a8a5b7
  7. #a09eac
  8. #9896a1
  9. #908f96
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceccdc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2cff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9cfd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8cdef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8cced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cccde0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfcaee {
  color: #cfcaee;
}
Background
.bg-cfcaee {
  background-color: #cfcaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfcaee {
  border: 2px solid #cfcaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfcaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 202 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 51% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfcaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfcaee, #e1caee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfcaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 202 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.58 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.19 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.94 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.37 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.34 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.44 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.02 #303511 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cfcaee  rgb(207, 202, 238)  hsl(248, 51%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#e9eeca  rgb(233, 238, 202)  hsl(68, 51%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eecfca  rgb(238, 207, 202)  hsl(8, 51%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#caeecf  rgb(202, 238, 207)  hsl(128, 51%, 86%)  Tea Green