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#BBB8EA

#bbb8ea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbb8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 243.6°, with 54.35% saturation and 81.96% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5079

Complementary

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #e7eab8

Split complementary

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #ead4b8
  3. #ceeab8

Analogous

  1. #b8ceea
  2. #bbb8ea
  3. #d4b8ea

Triadic

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #eabbb8
  3. #b8eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #eab8e7
  3. #e7eab8
  4. #b8eabb

Square

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #eab8ce
  3. #e7eab8
  4. #b8ead4

Monochromatic

  1. #4a42c7
  2. #827dd9
  3. #bbb8ea
  4. #f0effa
  5. #f0effa

Shades

#bbb8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #a8a6d3
  3. #9693bb
  4. #8381a4
  5. #706e8c
  6. #5e5c75
  7. #4b4a5e
  8. #383746
  9. #25252f
  10. #131217
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #c2bfec
  3. #c9c6ee
  4. #cfcdf0
  5. #d6d4f2
  6. #dddcf5
  7. #e4e3f7
  8. #ebeaf9
  9. #f1f1fb
  10. #f8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb8ea
  2. #b5b2df
  3. #afadd5
  4. #a9a7ca
  5. #a3a2c0
  6. #9e9cb5
  7. #9896aa
  8. #9291a0
  9. #8c8b95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbbd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acbeec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abbce9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5bdd7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb8ea {
  color: #bbb8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bbb8ea {
  background-color: #bbb8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bbb8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 54% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb8ea, #d4b8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.86 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.13 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.43 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.96 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.05 #444715 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbb8ea  rgb(187, 184, 234)  hsl(244, 54%, 82%)  Periwinkle
#e7eab8  rgb(231, 234, 184)  hsl(64, 54%, 82%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eabbb8  rgb(234, 187, 184)  hsl(4, 54%, 82%)  Baby Pink
#b8eabb  rgb(184, 234, 187)  hsl(124, 54%, 82%)  Celadon