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#BBB4FA

#bbb4fa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bbb4fa 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, 70.59% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 246°, with 87.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 11.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.49.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5011

Complementary

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #f3fab4

Split complementary

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #fadeb4
  3. #d0fab4

Analogous

  1. #b4d0fa
  2. #bbb4fa
  3. #deb4fa

Triadic

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #fabbb4
  3. #b4fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #fab4f3
  3. #f3fab4
  4. #b4fabb

Square

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #fab4d0
  3. #f3fab4
  4. #b4fade

Monochromatic

  1. #3925f0
  2. #7a6cf5
  3. #bbb4fa
  4. #eeecfe
  5. #eeecfe

Shades

#bbb4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #a8a2e1
  3. #9690c8
  4. #837eaf
  5. #706c96
  6. #5e5a7d
  7. #4b4864
  8. #38364b
  9. #252432
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #c2bcfb
  3. #c9c3fb
  4. #cfcbfc
  5. #d6d2fc
  6. #dddafd
  7. #e4e1fd
  8. #ebe9fe
  9. #f1f0fe
  10. #f8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb4fa
  2. #b5afee
  3. #afaae2
  4. #a9a4d5
  5. #a39fc9
  6. #9e9abd
  7. #9895b1
  8. #9290a5
  9. #8c8a98
  10. #86858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb9d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2bdfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1baf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adc0cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acbafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb4fa {
  color: #bbb4fa;
}
Background
.bg-bbb4fa {
  background-color: #bbb4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb4fa {
  border: 2px solid #bbb4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 180 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 88% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb4fa, #deb4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 180 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.49 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.13 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.07 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.84 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.17 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.47 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.49 #444b05 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbb4fa  rgb(187, 180, 250)  hsl(246, 88%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#f3fab4  rgb(243, 250, 180)  hsl(66, 88%, 84%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fabbb4  rgb(250, 187, 180)  hsl(6, 88%, 84%)  Melon
#b4fabb  rgb(180, 250, 187)  hsl(126, 88%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple