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#BBCBFA

#bbcbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcbfa 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, 79.61% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 224.76°, 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6018

Complementary

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #faeabb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #facbbb
  3. #ebfabb

Analogous

  1. #bbebfa
  2. #bbcbfa
  3. #cbbbfa

Triadic

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #fabbcb
  3. #cbfabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #eabbfa
  3. #faeabb
  4. #cbfabb

Square

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #fabbeb
  3. #faeabb
  4. #bbfacb

Monochromatic

  1. #2c5ef0
  2. #7495f5
  3. #bbcbfa
  4. #ecf0fe
  5. #ecf0fe

Shades

#bbcbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #a8b7e1
  3. #96a2c8
  4. #838eaf
  5. #707a96
  6. #5e667d
  7. #4b5164
  8. #383d4b
  9. #252932
  10. #131419
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #c2d0fb
  3. #c9d5fb
  4. #cfdbfc
  5. #d6e0fc
  6. #dde5fd
  7. #e4eafd
  8. #ebeffe
  9. #f1f5fe
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcbfa
  2. #b5c4ee
  3. #afbce2
  4. #a9b5d5
  5. #a3adc9
  6. #9ea6bd
  7. #989eb1
  8. #9297a5
  9. #8c8f98
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5cbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdcffc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c9f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abd4db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bccdfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9caf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2d0e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcbfa {
  color: #bbcbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bbcbfa {
  background-color: #bbcbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bbcbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 203 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcbfa, #cbbbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 203 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.92 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.46 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.33 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.42 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.09 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 13.01 #443405 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbcbfa  rgb(187, 203, 250)  hsl(225, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#faeabb  rgb(250, 234, 187)  hsl(45, 86%, 86%)  Blond
#fabbcb  rgb(250, 187, 203)  hsl(345, 86%, 86%)  Pink
#cbfabb  rgb(203, 250, 187)  hsl(105, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green