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#BCAFFE

#bcaffe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bcaffe is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.98% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 249.87°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 8.11.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4851

Complementary

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #f1feaf

Split complementary

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #fee3af
  3. #cafeaf

Analogous

  1. #afcafe
  2. #bcaffe
  3. #e3affe

Triadic

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #febcaf
  3. #affebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #feaff1
  3. #f1feaf
  4. #affebc

Square

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #feafca
  3. #f1feaf
  4. #affee3

Monochromatic

  1. #3d18fc
  2. #7d63fd
  3. #bcaffe
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bcaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #a99ee5
  3. #968ccb
  4. #847bb2
  5. #716998
  6. #5e587f
  7. #4b4666
  8. #38354c
  9. #262333
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #c3b7fe
  3. #c9bffe
  4. #d0c7fe
  5. #d7cffe
  6. #ded7ff
  7. #e4dfff
  8. #ebe7ff
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcaffe
  2. #b6aaf1
  3. #b0a6e5
  4. #aaa1d8
  5. #a49ccc
  6. #9e98bf
  7. #9893b2
  8. #928ea6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9abaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb7fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aebdcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9b4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcaffe {
  color: #bcaffe;
}
Background
.bg-bcaffe {
  background-color: #bcaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcaffe {
  border: 2px solid #bcaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcaffe, #e3affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.11 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.29 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.00 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.63 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.24 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 13.00 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.22 #435001 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcaffe  rgb(188, 175, 254)  hsl(250, 98%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#f1feaf  rgb(241, 254, 175)  hsl(70, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#febcaf  rgb(254, 188, 175)  hsl(10, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affebc  rgb(175, 254, 188)  hsl(130, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green