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#D8DCFF

#d8dcff ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#d8dcff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 86.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.29% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 233.85°, with 100% saturation and 92.35% 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 15.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.7301

Complementary

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #fffbd8

Split complementary

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #ffe7d8
  3. #efffd8

Analogous

  1. #d8efff
  2. #d8dcff
  3. #e7d8ff

Triadic

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #ffd8dc
  3. #dcffd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #fbd8ff
  3. #fffbd8
  4. #dcffd8

Square

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #ffd8ef
  3. #fffbd8
  4. #d8ffe7

Monochromatic

  1. #3f53ff
  2. #8b97ff
  3. #d8dcff
  4. #ebedff
  5. #ebedff

Shades

#d8dcff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #c2c6e6
  3. #adb0cc
  4. #979ab3
  5. #828499
  6. #6c6e80
  7. #565866
  8. #41424d
  9. #2b2c33
  10. #16161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8dcff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #dce0ff
  3. #e0e3ff
  4. #e4e7ff
  5. #e8eaff
  6. #eceeff
  7. #eff1ff
  8. #f3f5ff
  9. #f7f8ff
  10. #fbfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8dcff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8dcff
  2. #cfd3f2
  3. #c6cae6
  4. #bec0d9
  5. #b5b7cc
  6. #acaec0
  7. #a3a5b3
  8. #9a9ca6
  9. #929299
  10. #89898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcddec ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3dfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1ddfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0e2e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5deff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4dcfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3e0f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8dcff {
  color: #d8dcff;
}
Background
.bg-d8dcff {
  background-color: #d8dcff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8dcff {
  border: 2px solid #d8dcff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8dcff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 220 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 100% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8dcff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8dcff, #e7d8ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8dcff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 220 255 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.30 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 5.45 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.72 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 10.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.18 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 11.65 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.89 #272300 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#d8dcff  rgb(216, 220, 255)  hsl(234, 100%, 92%)  Periwinkle
#fffbd8  rgb(255, 251, 216)  hsl(54, 100%, 92%)  Light Yellow
#ffd8dc  rgb(255, 216, 220)  hsl(354, 100%, 92%)  Pale Pink
#dcffd8  rgb(220, 255, 216)  hsl(114, 100%, 92%)  Tea Green