#BBBEED
Periwinkle · light cool blue
About #BBBEED
#BBBEED is a moderately saturated, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 75% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Periwinkle (ΔE 5.8); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDEABB — a cream tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #BBBEED for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BBBEED
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BBBEED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BBBEED?
#BBBEED is a moderately saturated, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 75% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BBBEED?
Use black text. Black on #BBBEED has a contrast ratio of 11.70:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BBBEED?
Its complementary colour is #EDEABB, and analogous partners are #BBD7ED and #D1BBED.