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#BBBEE2

#bbbee2 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.26% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 235.38°, with 40.21% saturation and 80.98% 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 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.38.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5288

Complementary

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #e2dfbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #e2cbbb
  3. #d2e2bb

Analogous

  1. #bbd2e2
  2. #bbbee2
  3. #cbbbe2

Triadic

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #e2bbbe
  3. #bee2bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #dfbbe2
  3. #e2dfbb
  4. #bee2bb

Square

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #e2bbd2
  3. #e2dfbb
  4. #bbe2cb

Monochromatic

  1. #5057b4
  2. #858bcb
  3. #bbbee2
  4. #f1f1f9
  5. #f1f1f9

Shades

#bbbee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #a8abcb
  3. #9698b5
  4. #83859e
  5. #707288
  6. #5e5f71
  7. #4b4c5a
  8. #383944
  9. #25262d
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #c2c5e5
  3. #c9cbe8
  4. #cfd2eb
  5. #d6d8ee
  6. #dddff1
  7. #e4e5f3
  8. #ebecf6
  9. #f1f2f9
  10. #f8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbee2
  2. #b5b8d8
  3. #afb2ce
  4. #a9abc5
  5. #a3a5bb
  6. #9e9fb1
  7. #9899a7
  8. #92939d
  9. #8c8c94
  10. #86868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebfcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c2e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bfe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3c4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7c0e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6bfe1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbee2 {
  color: #bbbee2;
}
Background
.bg-bbbee2 {
  background-color: #bbbee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbee2 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 40% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbee2, #cbbbe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.38 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.29 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.65 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.62 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.43 #44411d Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbee2  rgb(187, 190, 226)  hsl(235, 40%, 81%)  Periwinkle
#e2dfbb  rgb(226, 223, 187)  hsl(55, 40%, 81%)  Pearl
#e2bbbe  rgb(226, 187, 190)  hsl(355, 40%, 81%)  Baby Pink
#bee2bb  rgb(190, 226, 187)  hsl(115, 40%, 81%)  Celadon