#bd9ad7

Color #bd9ad7

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 10.36 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bd9ad7

RGB

rgb(189, 154, 215)

HSL

hsl(274.4, 43.3%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.4, 28.4%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(68.63, 24.34, -26.21)

LCH

lch(68.63, 35.77, 312.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0939, 310.25)

HWB

hwb(274.4, 60.4%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4d79a

Analogous

#9f9ad7

#bd9ad7

#d79ad3

Triadic

#bd9ad7

#d7bd9a

#9ad7bd

Split-complementary

#bd9ad7

#d3d79a

#9ad79f

Tetradic

#bd9ad7

#d79ab4

#b4d79a

#9ad7bd

Square

#bd9ad7

#d79f9a

#b4d79a

#9ad3d7

Shades

Color #bd9ad7 mixed toward black.

#a06ec6

#8346b0

#623484

#412358

#21112c

Tints

Color #bd9ad7 mixed toward white.

#c8abde

#d3bce4

#decdeb

#e9ddf2

#f4eef8

Tones

Color #bd9ad7 mixed toward gray.

#bc9fd2

#bca4cd

#bba9c8

#baaec3

#b9b4be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafca · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#b1b3c7 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#bbc0bd · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd9ad7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd9ad7]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bd9ad7 (#bd9ad7) is rgb(189, 154, 215) in RGB.

No, #bd9ad7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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