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#CEC8EA

#cec8ea ≈ Periwinkle

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cec8ea is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.97% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 250.59°, with 44.74% saturation and 85.1% 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 13.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6037

Complementary

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #e4eac8

Split complementary

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #eadfc8
  3. #d3eac8

Analogous

  1. #c8d3ea
  2. #cec8ea
  3. #dfc8ea

Triadic

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #eacec8
  3. #c8eace

Tetradic

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #eac8e4
  3. #e4eac8
  4. #c8eace

Square

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #eac8d3
  3. #e4eac8
  4. #c8eadf

Monochromatic

  1. #6b59c0
  2. #9d91d5
  3. #cec8ea
  4. #f2f0f9
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#cec8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #b9b4d3
  3. #a5a0bb
  4. #908ca4
  5. #7c788c
  6. #676475
  7. #52505e
  8. #3e3c46
  9. #29282f
  10. #151417
  11. #000000

Tints

#cec8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #d3ceec
  3. #d8d3ee
  4. #ddd9f0
  5. #e2def2
  6. #e7e4f5
  7. #ebe9f7
  8. #f0eff9
  9. #f5f4fb
  10. #fafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cec8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cec8ea
  2. #c6c1df
  3. #bebad5
  4. #b7b2ca
  5. #afabc0
  6. #a7a4b5
  7. #9f9daa
  8. #9796a0
  9. #908e95
  10. #88878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcad9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ccec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1cbe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9cdd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6cbeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7cae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbcbdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cec8ea {
  color: #cec8ea;
}
Background
.bg-cec8ea {
  background-color: #cec8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cec8ea {
  border: 2px solid #cec8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cec8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 45% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cec8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cec8ea, #dfc8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cec8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 5.35 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.53 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.27 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 8.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.25 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.64 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.16 #313715 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#cec8ea  rgb(206, 200, 234)  hsl(251, 45%, 85%)  Periwinkle
#e4eac8  rgb(228, 234, 200)  hsl(71, 45%, 85%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#eacec8  rgb(234, 206, 200)  hsl(11, 45%, 85%)  Misty Rose
#c8eace  rgb(200, 234, 206)  hsl(131, 45%, 85%)  Tea Green