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#BFCDFE

#bfcdfe ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcdfe 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, 80.39% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 19.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 226.67°, with 96.92% saturation and 87.25% 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 13.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6189

Complementary

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #fef0bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #fed0bf
  3. #ecfebf

Analogous

  1. #bfecfe
  2. #bfcdfe
  3. #d0bffe

Triadic

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #febfcd
  3. #cdfebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #f0bffe
  3. #fef0bf
  4. #cdfebf

Square

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #febfec
  3. #fef0bf
  4. #bffed0

Monochromatic

  1. #2857fc
  2. #7492fd
  3. #bfcdfe
  4. #ebefff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#bfcdfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #acb9e5
  3. #99a4cb
  4. #8690b2
  5. #737b98
  6. #60677f
  7. #4c5266
  8. #393e4c
  9. #262933
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcdfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #c5d2fe
  3. #ccd7fe
  4. #d2dcfe
  5. #d9e1fe
  6. #dfe6ff
  7. #e5ebff
  8. #ecf0ff
  9. #f2f5ff
  10. #f9faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcdfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcdfe
  2. #b9c5f1
  3. #b2bee5
  4. #acb6d8
  5. #a6aecc
  6. #a0a7bf
  7. #999fb2
  8. #9397a6
  9. #8d8f99
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8cee3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfd1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baccfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afd6dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfcfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcccfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6d3eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcdfe {
  color: #bfcdfe;
}
Background
.bg-bfcdfe {
  background-color: #bfcdfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcdfe {
  border: 2px solid #bfcdfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcdfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 205 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 97% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcdfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcdfe, #d0bffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcdfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 205 254 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.33 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.08 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.81 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.19 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.54 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.78 #403201 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bfcdfe  rgb(191, 205, 254)  hsl(227, 97%, 87%)  Periwinkle
#fef0bf  rgb(254, 240, 191)  hsl(47, 97%, 87%)  Blond
#febfcd  rgb(254, 191, 205)  hsl(347, 97%, 87%)  Pink
#cdfebf  rgb(205, 254, 191)  hsl(107, 97%, 87%)  Tea Green