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#babdfd ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#babdfd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.48% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 237.31°, with 94.37% saturation and 86.08% 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 11.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5393

Complementary

  1. #babdfd
  2. #fdfaba

Split complementary

  1. #babdfd
  2. #fdd9ba
  3. #dffdba

Analogous

  1. #badffd
  2. #babdfd
  3. #d9bafd

Triadic

  1. #babdfd
  2. #fdbabd
  3. #bdfdba

Tetradic

  1. #babdfd
  2. #fabafd
  3. #fdfaba
  4. #bdfdba

Square

  1. #babdfd
  2. #fdbadf
  3. #fdfaba
  4. #bafdd9

Monochromatic

  1. #252ff9
  2. #7076fb
  3. #babdfd
  4. #ebecfe
  5. #ebecfe

Shades

#babdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #babdfd
  2. #a7aae4
  3. #9597ca
  4. #8284b1
  5. #707198
  6. #5d5f7f
  7. #4a4c65
  8. #38394c
  9. #252633
  10. #131319
  11. #000000

Tints

#babdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #babdfd
  2. #c1c4fd
  3. #c8cafd
  4. #cfd1fe
  5. #d6d7fe
  6. #dddefe
  7. #e3e5fe
  8. #eaebfe
  9. #f1f2ff
  10. #f8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#babdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #babdfd
  2. #b4b7f1
  3. #aeb1e4
  4. #a9abd8
  5. #a3a5cb
  6. #9d9fbf
  7. #9798b2
  8. #9192a6
  9. #8c8c99
  10. #86868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc0dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abc4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9c0fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aac8d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0bffc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1c4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-babdfd {
  color: #babdfd;
}
Background
.bg-babdfd {
  background-color: #babdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-babdfd {
  border: 2px solid #babdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #babdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 94% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-babdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #babdfd, #d9bafd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-babdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.83 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.67 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.34 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 12.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.74 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 14.23 #454202 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#babdfd  rgb(186, 189, 253)  hsl(237, 94%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#fdfaba  rgb(253, 250, 186)  hsl(57, 94%, 86%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fdbabd  rgb(253, 186, 189)  hsl(357, 94%, 86%)  Light Pink
#bdfdba  rgb(189, 253, 186)  hsl(117, 94%, 86%)  Granny Smith Apple