#bda9ce

Color #bda9ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bda9ce

RGB

rgb(189, 169, 206)

HSL

hsl(272.4, 27.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.4, 18%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(71.99, 14.16, -16.14)

LCH

lch(71.99, 21.47, 311.26)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0564, 309.39)

HWB

hwb(272.4, 66.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bacea9

Analogous

#aaa9ce

#bda9ce

#cea9cc

Triadic

#bda9ce

#cebda9

#a9cebd

Split-complementary

#bda9ce

#cccea9

#a9ceaa

Tetradic

#bda9ce

#cea9ba

#bacea9

#a9cebd

Square

#bda9ce

#ceaaa9

#bacea9

#a9ccce

Shades

Color #bda9ce mixed toward black.

#9e81b7

#805b9f

#604477

#402d50

#201728

Tints

Color #bda9ce mixed toward white.

#c8b7d6

#d3c6de

#ded4e6

#e9e2ef

#f4f1f7

Tones

Color #bda9ce mixed toward gray.

#bdaccb

#bcafc8

#bcb2c5

#bcb5c2

#bcb8bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5c6 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#b6b7c4 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#bcbfbe · ΔE 18.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bda9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bda9ce]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bda9ce (#bda9ce) is rgb(189, 169, 206) in RGB.

No, #bda9ce 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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