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#CDCEFA

#cdcefa ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdcefa 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, 80.78% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 238.67°, with 81.82% saturation and 89.22% 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 13.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 1.69.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6402

Complementary

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #faf9cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #fae3cd
  3. #e5facd

Analogous

  1. #cde5fa
  2. #cdcefa
  3. #e3cdfa

Triadic

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #facdce
  3. #cefacd

Tetradic

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #f9cdfa
  3. #faf9cd
  4. #cefacd

Square

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #facde5
  3. #faf9cd
  4. #cdfae3

Monochromatic

  1. #4246ec
  2. #878af3
  3. #cdcefa
  4. #ecedfd
  5. #ecedfd

Shades

#cdcefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #b9b9e1
  3. #a4a5c8
  4. #9090af
  5. #7b7c96
  6. #67677d
  7. #525264
  8. #3e3e4b
  9. #292932
  10. #151519
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdcefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #d2d3fb
  3. #d7d8fb
  4. #dcddfc
  5. #e1e2fc
  6. #e6e7fd
  7. #ebebfd
  8. #f0f0fe
  9. #f5f5fe
  10. #fafaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdcefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdcefa
  2. #c5c6ee
  3. #bebee2
  4. #b6b7d5
  5. #aeafc9
  6. #a7a7bd
  7. #9f9fb1
  8. #9797a5
  9. #8f9098
  10. #88888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0d0e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3d3fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2d0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3d5dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7d1fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6cff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7d2e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdcefa {
  color: #cdcefa;
}
Background
.bg-cdcefa {
  background-color: #cdcefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdcefa {
  border: 2px solid #cdcefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdcefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 82% 89%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdcefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdcefa, #e3cdfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdcefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 1.69 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.08 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.14 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.09 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.96 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.15 #323105 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cdcefa  rgb(205, 206, 250)  hsl(239, 82%, 89%)  Periwinkle
#faf9cd  rgb(250, 249, 205)  hsl(59, 82%, 89%)  Cream
#facdce  rgb(250, 205, 206)  hsl(359, 82%, 89%)  Baby Pink
#cefacd  rgb(206, 250, 205)  hsl(119, 82%, 89%)  Tea Green