All About Color Periwinkle

#CCCCFF

Periwinkle is a soft and delicate purple-blue color. It embodies a sense of serenity and elegance, perfect for creating a gentle and soothing space.

About Periwinkle

Periwinkle is a very light blue color with the hex code #CCCCFF. In RGB it is red 204, green 204, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 240°, saturation 100%, lightness 90%; in CMYK it is 20%, 20%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.54:1 on white and 13.65:1 on black.

#CCCCFF Color Conversion

Hex tripletCC, CC, FF
CMYK20.00%, 20.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal204, 204, 255
HSL240°, 100%, 90%
RGB Octal314, 314, 377
HSV (HSB)240.00°, 20.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11001100, 11001100, 11111111
CIE-L*AB83.57, 10.30, -24.92
RGB Percent80.00%, 80.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH83.57, 26.97, 292.46
XYZ64.54, 63.24, 103.41
CIE-L*UV83.57, -2.98, -41.54
xyY0.28, 0.27, 63.24
Hunter-Lab79.53, 5.70, -21.43
RYB80.00%, 80.00%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#CCCCFF on a dark background: contrast 13.65:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#CCCCFF on a light background: contrast 1.54:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Periwinkle, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Periwinkle. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#CCCCFF · #E5E5FF · #7070FF · #FFFFCC · #FFFFE5

Analogous palette

#CCFFFF · #CCE5FF · #CCCCFF · #E5CCFF · #FFCCFF

Triadic palette

#CCCCFF · #FFCCCC · #CCFFCC · #E5E5FF · #FFE5E5

Tetradic palette

#CCCCFF · #FFCCE6 · #FFFFCC · #CCFFE6 · #7070FF

Monochromatic palette

#3333FF · #8080FF · #CCCCFF · #E5E5FF · #E5E5FF

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