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#bfbeea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfbeea 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, 74.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.38% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 241.36°, with 51.16% saturation and 83.14% 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 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5384

Complementary

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #e9eabe

Split complementary

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #ead5be
  3. #d3eabe

Analogous

  1. #bed3ea
  2. #bfbeea
  3. #d5beea

Triadic

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #eabfbe
  3. #beeabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #eabee9
  3. #e9eabe
  4. #beeabf

Square

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #eabed3
  3. #e9eabe
  4. #beead5

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4ac5
  2. #8684d7
  3. #bfbeea
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#bfbeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #acabd3
  3. #9998bb
  4. #8685a4
  5. #73728c
  6. #605f75
  7. #4c4c5e
  8. #393946
  9. #26262f
  10. #131317
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #c5c5ec
  3. #cccbee
  4. #d2d2f0
  5. #d9d8f2
  6. #dfdff5
  7. #e5e5f7
  8. #ececf9
  9. #f2f2fb
  10. #f9f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbeea
  2. #b9b8df
  3. #b2b2d5
  4. #acabca
  5. #a6a5c0
  6. #a09fb5
  7. #9999aa
  8. #9393a0
  9. #8d8c95
  10. #86868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1c0d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2c1e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6c5cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8c1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8c0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bac2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbeea {
  color: #bfbeea;
}
Background
.bg-bfbeea {
  background-color: #bfbeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbeea {
  border: 2px solid #bfbeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 190 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 51% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbeea, #d5beea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 190 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 3.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.17 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.41 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.93 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.08 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.34 #404115 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bfbeea  rgb(191, 190, 234)  hsl(241, 51%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#e9eabe  rgb(233, 234, 190)  hsl(61, 51%, 83%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eabfbe  rgb(234, 191, 190)  hsl(1, 51%, 83%)  Baby Pink
#beeabf  rgb(190, 234, 191)  hsl(121, 51%, 83%)  Celadon