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#bcbbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbbfa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 240.95°, 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 11.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5313

Complementary

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #f9fabb

Split complementary

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #fadcbb
  3. #dafabb

Analogous

  1. #bbdafa
  2. #bcbbfa
  3. #dcbbfa

Triadic

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #fabcbb
  3. #bbfabc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #fabbf9
  3. #f9fabb
  4. #bbfabc

Square

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #fabbda
  3. #f9fabb
  4. #bbfadc

Monochromatic

  1. #302cf0
  2. #7674f5
  3. #bcbbfa
  4. #ececfe
  5. #ececfe

Shades

#bcbbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #a9a8e1
  3. #9696c8
  4. #8483af
  5. #717096
  6. #5e5e7d
  7. #4b4b64
  8. #38384b
  9. #262532
  10. #131319
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #c3c2fb
  3. #c9c9fb
  4. #d0cffc
  5. #d7d6fc
  6. #deddfd
  7. #e4e4fd
  8. #ebebfe
  9. #f2f1fe
  10. #f8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbbfa
  2. #b6b5ee
  3. #b0afe2
  4. #aaa9d5
  5. #a4a3c9
  6. #9e9ebd
  7. #9898b1
  8. #9292a5
  9. #8c8c98
  10. #86868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbeda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aac3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aec6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1bdf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4c2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbbfa {
  color: #bcbbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bcbbfa {
  background-color: #bcbbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bcbbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbbfa, #dcbbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.69 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.28 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.30 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.55 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.23 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 13.60 #434405 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bcbbfa  rgb(188, 187, 250)  hsl(241, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#f9fabb  rgb(249, 250, 187)  hsl(61, 86%, 86%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fabcbb  rgb(250, 188, 187)  hsl(1, 86%, 86%)  Melon
#bbfabc  rgb(187, 250, 188)  hsl(121, 86%, 86%)  Granny Smith Apple