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#BEBBFA

#bebbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bebbfa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 242.86°, 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 11.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5339

Complementary

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #f7fabb

Split complementary

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #fadebb
  3. #d8fabb

Analogous

  1. #bbd8fa
  2. #bebbfa
  3. #debbfa

Triadic

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #fabebb
  3. #bbfabe

Tetradic

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #fabbf7
  3. #f7fabb
  4. #bbfabe

Square

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #fabbd8
  3. #f7fabb
  4. #bbfade

Monochromatic

  1. #362cf0
  2. #7a74f5
  3. #bebbfa
  4. #edecfe
  5. #edecfe

Shades

#bebbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #aba8e1
  3. #9896c8
  4. #8583af
  5. #727096
  6. #5f5e7d
  7. #4c4b64
  8. #39384b
  9. #262532
  10. #131319
  11. #000000

Tints

#bebbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #c5c2fb
  3. #cbc9fb
  4. #d2cffc
  5. #d8d6fc
  6. #dfddfd
  7. #e5e4fd
  8. #ecebfe
  9. #f2f1fe
  10. #f9f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bebbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bebbfa
  2. #b8b5ee
  3. #b2afe2
  4. #aba9d5
  5. #a5a3c9
  6. #9f9ebd
  7. #9998b1
  8. #9392a5
  9. #8c8c98
  10. #86868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0bfda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abc3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1c6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3c0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2bef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6c2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bebbfa {
  color: #bebbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bebbfa {
  background-color: #bebbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bebbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bebbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bebbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bebbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bebbfa, #debbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bebbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.58 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.10 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 13.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.43 #414405 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bebbfa  rgb(190, 187, 250)  hsl(243, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#f7fabb  rgb(247, 250, 187)  hsl(63, 86%, 86%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fabebb  rgb(250, 190, 187)  hsl(3, 86%, 86%)  Melon
#bbfabe  rgb(187, 250, 190)  hsl(123, 86%, 86%)  Granny Smith Apple