#B4D8FF · Periwinkle

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#B4D8FF is a light, highly saturated blue color, closest to Periwinkle and near Periwinkle and Powder Blue. In OKLCH it has 87% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 251°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #B4D8FF a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#B4D8FF
RGBrgb(180, 216, 255)
HSLhsl(211, 100%, 85%)
CMYK29, 15, 0, 0
CSS var--periwinkle
Contrast1.48:1 white · 14.21:1 black

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How to use #B4D8FF

Black text passes WCAG AA on #B4D8FF (14.21:1); white text does not (1.48:1).

For a calm scheme pair #B4D8FF with its analogous neighbors #B3FEFF and #B4B3FF; for contrast use its complement #FFDAB3 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--periwinkle: #B4D8FF;

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