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#BBBFEE

#bbbfee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbbfee 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, 74.9% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 19.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 235.29°, with 60% saturation and 83.33% 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 11.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.71.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.54

Complementary

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #eeeabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #eed0bb
  3. #d8eebb

Analogous

  1. #bbd8ee
  2. #bbbfee
  3. #d0bbee

Triadic

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #eebbbf
  3. #bfeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #eabbee
  3. #eeeabb
  4. #bfeebb

Square

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #eebbd8
  3. #eeeabb
  4. #bbeed0

Monochromatic

  1. #414ccf
  2. #7e85df
  3. #bbbfee
  4. #eff0fb
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#bbbfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #a8acd6
  3. #9699be
  4. #8386a7
  5. #70738f
  6. #5e6077
  7. #4b4c5f
  8. #383947
  9. #252630
  10. #131318
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #c2c5f0
  3. #c9ccf1
  4. #cfd2f3
  5. #d6d9f5
  6. #dddff7
  7. #e4e5f8
  8. #ebecfa
  9. #f1f2fc
  10. #f8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbfee
  2. #b5b9e3
  3. #afb2d8
  4. #a9accd
  5. #a3a6c2
  6. #9ea0b7
  7. #9899ac
  8. #9293a1
  9. #8c8d96
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc1d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c4f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afc7cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6c2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5c0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbfee {
  color: #bbbfee;
}
Background
.bg-bbbfee {
  background-color: #bbbfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbfee {
  border: 2px solid #bbbfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 60% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbfee, #d0bbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.71 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.57 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.67 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.83 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.90 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.00 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.21 #444011 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbbfee  rgb(187, 191, 238)  hsl(235, 60%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#eeeabb  rgb(238, 234, 187)  hsl(55, 60%, 83%)  Blond
#eebbbf  rgb(238, 187, 191)  hsl(355, 60%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#bfeebb  rgb(191, 238, 187)  hsl(115, 60%, 83%)  Tea Green