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#CDCAEE

#cdcaee ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdcaee 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, 79.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.87% cyan, 15.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 245°, with 51.43% saturation and 86.27% 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 13.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6139

Complementary

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #ebeeca

Split complementary

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #eedfca
  3. #d9eeca

Analogous

  1. #cad9ee
  2. #cdcaee
  3. #dfcaee

Triadic

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #eecdca
  3. #caeecd

Tetradic

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #eecaeb
  3. #ebeeca
  4. #caeecd

Square

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #eecad9
  3. #ebeeca
  4. #caeedf

Monochromatic

  1. #6056c9
  2. #9690db
  3. #cdcaee
  4. #f0f0fa
  5. #f0f0fa

Shades

#cdcaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #b9b6d6
  3. #a4a2be
  4. #908da7
  5. #7b798f
  6. #676577
  7. #52515f
  8. #3e3d47
  9. #292830
  10. #151418
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdcaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #d2cff0
  3. #d7d5f1
  4. #dcdaf3
  5. #e1dff5
  6. #e6e5f7
  7. #ebeaf8
  8. #f0effa
  9. #f5f4fc
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdcaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdcaee
  2. #c5c3e3
  3. #bebbd8
  4. #b6b4cd
  5. #aeacc2
  6. #a7a5b7
  7. #9f9eac
  8. #9796a1
  9. #8f8f96
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdccdb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2cef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2cded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7d0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cdef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9cde0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdcaee {
  color: #cdcaee;
}
Background
.bg-cdcaee {
  background-color: #cdcaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdcaee {
  border: 2px solid #cdcaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdcaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 202 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 51% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdcaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdcaee, #dfcaee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdcaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 202 238 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 4.27 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.52 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.26 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.86 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.73 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.26 #323511 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cdcaee  rgb(205, 202, 238)  hsl(245, 51%, 86%)  Periwinkle
#ebeeca  rgb(235, 238, 202)  hsl(65, 51%, 86%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eecdca  rgb(238, 205, 202)  hsl(5, 51%, 86%)  Pale Pink
#caeecd  rgb(202, 238, 205)  hsl(125, 51%, 86%)  Tea Green