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#CDC8EA

#cdc8ea ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdc8ea is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.82°, with 44.74% saturation and 85.1% 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 13.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6023

Complementary

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #e5eac8

Split complementary

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #eadec8
  3. #d4eac8

Analogous

  1. #c8d4ea
  2. #cdc8ea
  3. #dec8ea

Triadic

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #eacdc8
  3. #c8eacd

Tetradic

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #eac8e5
  3. #e5eac8
  4. #c8eacd

Square

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #eac8d4
  3. #e5eac8
  4. #c8eade

Monochromatic

  1. #6859c0
  2. #9b91d5
  3. #cdc8ea
  4. #f2f0f9
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#cdc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #b9b4d3
  3. #a4a0bb
  4. #908ca4
  5. #7b788c
  6. #676475
  7. #52505e
  8. #3e3c46
  9. #29282f
  10. #151417
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #d2ceec
  3. #d7d3ee
  4. #dcd9f0
  5. #e1def2
  6. #e6e4f5
  7. #ebe9f7
  8. #f0eff9
  9. #f5f4fb
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdc8ea
  2. #c5c1df
  3. #bebad5
  4. #b6b2ca
  5. #aeabc0
  6. #a7a4b5
  7. #9f9daa
  8. #9796a0
  9. #8f8e95
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cccad9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ccec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1cbe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8cdd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cbeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cacbdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdc8ea {
  color: #cdc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-cdc8ea {
  background-color: #cdc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #cdc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdc8ea, #dec8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.19 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.70 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.59 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.28 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.27 #323715 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cdc8ea  rgb(205, 200, 234)  hsl(249, 45%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#e5eac8  rgb(229, 234, 200)  hsl(69, 45%, 85%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eacdc8  rgb(234, 205, 200)  hsl(9, 45%, 85%)  Pale Pink
#c8eacd  rgb(200, 234, 205)  hsl(129, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green