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#BFCEFA

#bfcefa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfcefa 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, 80.78% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 224.75°, with 85.51% saturation and 86.47% 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 13.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.64.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6212

Complementary

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #faebbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #facebf
  3. #ebfabf

Analogous

  1. #bfebfa
  2. #bfcefa
  3. #cebffa

Triadic

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #fabfce
  3. #cefabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #ebbffa
  3. #faebbf
  4. #cefabf

Square

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #fabfeb
  3. #faebbf
  4. #bfface

Monochromatic

  1. #3161ef
  2. #7898f4
  3. #bfcefa
  4. #ecf1fe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#bfcefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #acb9e1
  3. #99a5c8
  4. #8690af
  5. #737c96
  6. #60677d
  7. #4c5264
  8. #393e4b
  9. #262932
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfcefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #c5d3fb
  3. #ccd8fb
  4. #d2ddfc
  5. #d9e2fc
  6. #dfe7fd
  7. #e5ebfd
  8. #ecf0fe
  9. #f2f5fe
  10. #f9faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfcefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfcefa
  2. #b9c6ee
  3. #b2bee2
  4. #acb7d5
  5. #a6afc9
  6. #a0a7bd
  7. #999fb1
  8. #9397a5
  9. #8d9098
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9cee1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1d1fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcccf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0d6dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0d0fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcdf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6d3e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfcefa {
  color: #bfcefa;
}
Background
.bg-bfcefa {
  background-color: #bfcefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfcefa {
  border: 2px solid #bfcefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfcefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfcefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfcefa, #cebffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfcefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.64 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.04 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.36 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.86 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.34 #403105 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#bfcefa  rgb(191, 206, 250)  hsl(225, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#faebbf  rgb(250, 235, 191)  hsl(45, 86%, 86%)  Blond
#fabfce  rgb(250, 191, 206)  hsl(345, 86%, 86%)  Bubble Gum
#cefabf  rgb(206, 250, 191)  hsl(105, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green