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#bfbbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfbbfa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 243.81°, 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.52.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5352

Complementary

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #f6fabb

Split complementary

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #fadfbb
  3. #d7fabb

Analogous

  1. #bbd7fa
  2. #bfbbfa
  3. #dfbbfa

Triadic

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #fabfbb
  3. #bbfabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #fabbf6
  3. #f6fabb
  4. #bbfabf

Square

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #fabbd7
  3. #f6fabb
  4. #bbfadf

Monochromatic

  1. #392cf0
  2. #7c74f5
  3. #bfbbfa
  4. #edecfe
  5. #edecfe

Shades

#bfbbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #aca8e1
  3. #9996c8
  4. #8683af
  5. #737096
  6. #605e7d
  7. #4c4b64
  8. #39384b
  9. #262532
  10. #131319
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #c5c2fb
  3. #ccc9fb
  4. #d2cffc
  5. #d9d6fc
  6. #dfddfd
  7. #e5e4fd
  8. #ecebfe
  9. #f2f1fe
  10. #f9f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbbfa
  2. #b9b5ee
  3. #b2afe2
  4. #aca9d5
  5. #a6a3c9
  6. #a09ebd
  7. #9998b1
  8. #9392a5
  9. #8d8c98
  10. #86868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 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 #aac0f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2c6d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3c0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3bef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7c2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbbfa {
  color: #bfbbfa;
}
Background
.bg-bfbbfa {
  background-color: #bfbbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbbfa {
  border: 2px solid #bfbbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbbfa, #dfbbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.23 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.54 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.74 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.88 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 13.06 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 13.39 #404405 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bfbbfa  rgb(191, 187, 250)  hsl(244, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#f6fabb  rgb(246, 250, 187)  hsl(64, 86%, 86%)  Pale Goldenrod
#fabfbb  rgb(250, 191, 187)  hsl(4, 86%, 86%)  Melon
#bbfabf  rgb(187, 250, 191)  hsl(124, 86%, 86%)  Granny Smith Apple