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#BBBEEA

#bbbeea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbeea 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, 74.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 236.17°, with 52.81% saturation and 82.55% 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 11.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5333

Complementary

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #eae7bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #ead0bb
  3. #d6eabb

Analogous

  1. #bbd6ea
  2. #bbbeea
  3. #d0bbea

Triadic

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #eabbbe
  3. #beeabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #e7bbea
  3. #eae7bb
  4. #beeabb

Square

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #eabbd6
  3. #eae7bb
  4. #bbead0

Monochromatic

  1. #464ec6
  2. #8186d8
  3. #bbbeea
  4. #eff0fa
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#bbbeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #a8abd3
  3. #9698bb
  4. #8385a4
  5. #70728c
  6. #5e5f75
  7. #4b4c5e
  8. #383946
  9. #25262f
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #c2c5ec
  3. #c9cbee
  4. #cfd2f0
  5. #d6d8f2
  6. #dddff5
  7. #e4e5f7
  8. #ebecf9
  9. #f1f2fb
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbeea
  2. #b5b8df
  3. #afb2d5
  4. #a9abca
  5. #a3a5c0
  6. #9e9fb5
  7. #9899aa
  8. #9293a0
  9. #8c8c95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c6cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5bfe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5c3d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbeea {
  color: #bbbeea;
}
Background
.bg-bbbeea {
  background-color: #bbbeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbeea {
  border: 2px solid #bbbeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 190 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbeea, #d0bbea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 190 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.30 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.83 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.13 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.90 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.90 #444115 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbeea  rgb(187, 190, 234)  hsl(236, 53%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#eae7bb  rgb(234, 231, 187)  hsl(56, 53%, 83%)  Blond
#eabbbe  rgb(234, 187, 190)  hsl(356, 53%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#beeabb  rgb(190, 234, 187)  hsl(116, 53%, 83%)  Celadon