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#c8bbfa ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8bbfa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 252.38°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.88.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5472

Complementary

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #edfabb

Split complementary

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #fae8bb
  3. #cefabb

Analogous

  1. #bbcefa
  2. #c8bbfa
  3. #e8bbfa

Triadic

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #fac8bb
  3. #bbfac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #fabbed
  3. #edfabb
  4. #bbfac8

Square

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #fabbce
  3. #edfabb
  4. #bbfae8

Monochromatic

  1. #552cf0
  2. #8e74f5
  3. #c8bbfa
  4. #f0ecfe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#c8bbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #b4a8e1
  3. #a096c8
  4. #8c83af
  5. #787096
  6. #645e7d
  7. #504b64
  8. #3c384b
  9. #282532
  10. #141319
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8bbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #cec2fb
  3. #d3c9fb
  4. #d9cffc
  5. #ded6fc
  6. #e4ddfd
  7. #e9e4fd
  8. #efebfe
  9. #f4f1fe
  10. #faf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8bbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8bbfa
  2. #c1b5ee
  3. #baafe2
  4. #b2a9d5
  5. #aba3c9
  6. #a49ebd
  7. #9d98b1
  8. #9692a5
  9. #8e8c98
  10. #87868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c0db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acc4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aec2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bec5d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8c0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9bff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2c1e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8bbfa {
  color: #c8bbfa;
}
Background
.bg-c8bbfa {
  background-color: #c8bbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8bbfa {
  border: 2px solid #c8bbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8bbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8bbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8bbfa, #e8bbfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8bbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.88 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.10 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.72 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.31 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.68 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.93 #374405 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8bbfa  rgb(200, 187, 250)  hsl(252, 86%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#edfabb  rgb(237, 250, 187)  hsl(72, 86%, 86%)  Cream
#fac8bb  rgb(250, 200, 187)  hsl(12, 86%, 86%)  Zinnwaldite
#bbfac8  rgb(187, 250, 200)  hsl(132, 86%, 86%)  Celadon