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#cdbeea ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdbeea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 74.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 260.45°, with 51.16% saturation and 83.14% 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 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.98.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5575

Complementary

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #dbeabe

Split complementary

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #eae3be
  3. #c5eabe

Analogous

  1. #bec5ea
  2. #cdbeea
  3. #e3beea

Triadic

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #eacdbe
  3. #beeacd

Tetradic

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #eabedb
  3. #dbeabe
  4. #beeacd

Square

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #eabec5
  3. #dbeabe
  4. #beeae3

Monochromatic

  1. #744ac5
  2. #a184d7
  3. #cdbeea
  4. #f3f0fa
  5. #f3f0fa

Shades

#cdbeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #b9abd3
  3. #a498bb
  4. #9085a4
  5. #7b728c
  6. #675f75
  7. #524c5e
  8. #3e3946
  9. #29262f
  10. #151317
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdbeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #d2c5ec
  3. #d7cbee
  4. #dcd2f0
  5. #e1d8f2
  6. #e6dff5
  7. #ebe5f7
  8. #f0ecf9
  9. #f5f2fb
  10. #faf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdbeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdbeea
  2. #c5b8df
  3. #beb2d5
  4. #b6abca
  5. #aea5c0
  6. #a79fb5
  7. #9f99aa
  8. #9793a0
  9. #8f8c95
  10. #88868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c2d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c5e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8c4cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfc2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1c2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cac2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdbeea {
  color: #cdbeea;
}
Background
.bg-cdbeea {
  background-color: #cdbeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdbeea {
  border: 2px solid #cdbeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdbeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 190 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 51% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdbeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdbeea, #e3beea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdbeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 190 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.98 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 6.89 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.23 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.83 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.84 #324115 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cdbeea  rgb(205, 190, 234)  hsl(260, 51%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#dbeabe  rgb(219, 234, 190)  hsl(80, 51%, 83%)  Tea Green
#eacdbe  rgb(234, 205, 190)  hsl(20, 51%, 83%)  Desert Sand
#beeacd  rgb(190, 234, 205)  hsl(140, 51%, 83%)  Magic Mint