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#BBBBFA

#bbbbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbbfa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% 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 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5301

Complementary

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #fafabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #fadbbb
  3. #dbfabb

Analogous

  1. #bbdbfa
  2. #bbbbfa
  3. #dbbbfa

Triadic

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #fabbbb
  3. #bbfabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #fabbfa
  3. #fafabb
  4. #bbfabb

Square

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #fabbdb
  3. #fafabb
  4. #bbfadb

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2cf0
  2. #7474f5
  3. #bbbbfa
  4. #ececfe
  5. #ececfe

Shades

#bbbbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #a8a8e1
  3. #9696c8
  4. #8383af
  5. #707096
  6. #5e5e7d
  7. #4b4b64
  8. #38384b
  9. #252532
  10. #131319
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #c2c2fb
  3. #c9c9fb
  4. #cfcffc
  5. #d6d6fc
  6. #ddddfd
  7. #e4e4fd
  8. #ebebfe
  9. #f1f1fe
  10. #f8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbbfa
  2. #b5b5ee
  3. #afafe2
  4. #a9a9d5
  5. #a3a3c9
  6. #9e9ebd
  7. #9898b1
  8. #9292a5
  9. #8c8c98
  10. #86868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebeda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aac2fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8bff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acc6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0bdf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2c2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbbfa {
  color: #bbbbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bbbbfa {
  background-color: #bbbbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bbbbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbbfa, #dbbbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.78 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.74 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.13 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.13 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 13.79 #444405 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbbfa  rgb(187, 187, 250)  hsl(240, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#fafabb  rgb(250, 250, 187)  hsl(60, 86%, 86%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fabbbb  rgb(250, 187, 187)  hsl(0, 86%, 86%)  Baby Pink
#bbfabb  rgb(187, 250, 187)  hsl(120, 86%, 86%)  Granny Smith Apple