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#CDC8FA

#cdc8fa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdc8fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 246°, with 83.33% saturation and 88.24% 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 13.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 1.75.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6119

Complementary

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #f5fac8

Split complementary

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #fae6c8
  3. #dcfac8

Analogous

  1. #c8dcfa
  2. #cdc8fa
  3. #e6c8fa

Triadic

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #facdc8
  3. #c8facd

Tetradic

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #fac8f5
  3. #f5fac8
  4. #c8facd

Square

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #fac8dc
  3. #f5fac8
  4. #c8fae6

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3ced
  2. #8d82f4
  3. #cdc8fa
  4. #eeecfd
  5. #eeecfd

Shades

#cdc8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #b9b4e1
  3. #a4a0c8
  4. #908caf
  5. #7b7896
  6. #67647d
  7. #525064
  8. #3e3c4b
  9. #292832
  10. #151419
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdc8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #d2cefb
  3. #d7d3fb
  4. #dcd9fc
  5. #e1defc
  6. #e6e4fd
  7. #ebe9fd
  8. #f0effe
  9. #f5f4fe
  10. #fafaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdc8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdc8fa
  2. #c5c1ee
  3. #bebae2
  4. #b6b2d5
  5. #aeabc9
  6. #a7a4bd
  7. #9f9db1
  8. #9796a5
  9. #8f8e98
  10. #88878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcbe1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bccefc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcccf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4d0d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ccfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3caf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8cde7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdc8fa {
  color: #cdc8fa;
}
Background
.bg-cdc8fa {
  background-color: #cdc8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdc8fa {
  border: 2px solid #cdc8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdc8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 200 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 83% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdc8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdc8fa, #e6c8fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdc8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 200 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 1.75 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.80 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.15 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.16 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.27 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.05 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.15 #323705 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cdc8fa  rgb(205, 200, 250)  hsl(246, 83%, 88%)  Periwinkle
#f5fac8  rgb(245, 250, 200)  hsl(66, 83%, 88%)  Cream
#facdc8  rgb(250, 205, 200)  hsl(6, 83%, 88%)  Baby Pink
#c8facd  rgb(200, 250, 205)  hsl(126, 83%, 88%)  Tea Green