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#c8cfec ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8cfec is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 81.18% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.25% cyan, 12.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 228.33°, with 48.65% saturation and 85.49% 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 13.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.16.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6296

Complementary

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #ece5c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #ecd3c8
  3. #e1ecc8

Analogous

  1. #c8e1ec
  2. #c8cfec
  3. #d3c8ec

Triadic

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #ecc8cf
  3. #cfecc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #e5c8ec
  3. #ece5c8
  4. #cfecc8

Square

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #ecc8e1
  3. #ece5c8
  4. #c8ecd3

Monochromatic

  1. #566cc5
  2. #8f9dd8
  3. #c8cfec
  4. #f0f2fa
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#c8cfec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #b4bad4
  3. #a0a6bd
  4. #8c91a5
  5. #787c8e
  6. #646876
  7. #50535e
  8. #3c3e47
  9. #28292f
  10. #141518
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8cfec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #ced4ee
  3. #d3d9f0
  4. #d9ddf2
  5. #dee2f4
  6. #e4e7f6
  7. #e9ecf7
  8. #eff1f9
  9. #f4f5fb
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8cfec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8cfec
  2. #c1c7e1
  3. #babfd6
  4. #b2b7cc
  5. #abafc1
  6. #a4a8b6
  7. #9da0ab
  8. #9698a0
  9. #8e9096
  10. #87888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcfdc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0d4d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8d0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cfec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3d2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8cfec {
  color: #c8cfec;
}
Background
.bg-c8cfec {
  background-color: #c8cfec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8cfec {
  border: 2px solid #c8cfec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8cfec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 207 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 49% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8cfec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8cfec, #d3c8ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8cfec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 207 236 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.16 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.69 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.21 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.37 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 11.26 #373013 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#c8cfec  rgb(200, 207, 236)  hsl(228, 49%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#ece5c8  rgb(236, 229, 200)  hsl(48, 49%, 85%)  Pearl
#ecc8cf  rgb(236, 200, 207)  hsl(348, 49%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#cfecc8  rgb(207, 236, 200)  hsl(108, 49%, 85%)  Tea Green