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#BBAFFE

#bbaffe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bbaffe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.38% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 249.11°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 8.12.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4838

Complementary

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #f2feaf

Split complementary

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #fee2af
  3. #cbfeaf

Analogous

  1. #afcbfe
  2. #bbaffe
  3. #e2affe

Triadic

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #febbaf
  3. #affebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #feaff2
  3. #f2feaf
  4. #affebb

Square

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #feafcb
  3. #f2feaf
  4. #affee2

Monochromatic

  1. #3b18fc
  2. #7b63fd
  3. #bbaffe
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bbaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #a89ee5
  3. #968ccb
  4. #837bb2
  5. #706998
  6. #5e587f
  7. #4b4666
  8. #38354c
  9. #252333
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #c2b7fe
  3. #c9bffe
  4. #cfc7fe
  5. #d6cffe
  6. #ddd7ff
  7. #e4dfff
  8. #ebe7ff
  9. #f1efff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbaffe
  2. #b5aaf1
  3. #afa6e5
  4. #a9a1d8
  5. #a39ccc
  6. #9e98bf
  7. #9893b2
  8. #928ea6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9abaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb7fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acbdcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8b4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbaffe {
  color: #bbaffe;
}
Background
.bg-bbaffe {
  background-color: #bbaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbaffe {
  border: 2px solid #bbaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbaffe, #e2affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.12 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.88 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.83 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.13 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.17 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 13.23 #445001 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbaffe  rgb(187, 175, 254)  hsl(249, 98%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#f2feaf  rgb(242, 254, 175)  hsl(69, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#febbaf  rgb(254, 187, 175)  hsl(9, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affebb  rgb(175, 254, 187)  hsl(129, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green