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#BBCEFA

#bbcefa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbcefa 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, 80.78% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 221.9°, 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 13.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.87.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6161

Complementary

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #fae7bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #fac8bb
  3. #eefabb

Analogous

  1. #bbeefa
  2. #bbcefa
  3. #c8bbfa

Triadic

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #fabbce
  3. #cefabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #e7bbfa
  3. #fae7bb
  4. #cefabb

Square

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #fabbee
  3. #fae7bb
  4. #bbfac8

Monochromatic

  1. #2c67f0
  2. #749bf5
  3. #bbcefa
  4. #ecf1fe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#bbcefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #a8b9e1
  3. #96a5c8
  4. #8390af
  5. #707c96
  6. #5e677d
  7. #4b5264
  8. #383e4b
  9. #252932
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbcefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #c2d3fb
  3. #c9d8fb
  4. #cfddfc
  5. #d6e2fc
  6. #dde7fd
  7. #e4ebfd
  8. #ebf0fe
  9. #f1f5fe
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbcefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #b5c6ee
  3. #afbee2
  4. #a9b7d5
  5. #a3afc9
  6. #9ea7bd
  7. #989fb1
  8. #9297a5
  9. #8c9098
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7cee1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0d1fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbcbf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abd7dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bed0fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbccf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1d3e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbcefa {
  color: #bbcefa;
}
Background
.bg-bbcefa {
  background-color: #bbcefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbcefa {
  border: 2px solid #bbcefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbcefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbcefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbcefa, #c8bbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbcefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.87 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.99 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.32 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.02 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.06 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.56 #443105 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bbcefa  rgb(187, 206, 250)  hsl(222, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#fae7bb  rgb(250, 231, 187)  hsl(42, 86%, 86%)  Peach
#fabbce  rgb(250, 187, 206)  hsl(342, 86%, 86%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#cefabb  rgb(206, 250, 187)  hsl(102, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green