#bdabdf

Color #bdabdf

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.01 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bdabdf

RGB

rgb(189, 171, 223)

HSL

hsl(260.8, 44.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.8, 23.3%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(73.07, 16.63, -23.81)

LCH

lch(73.07, 29.04, 304.93)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0754, 300.51)

HWB

hwb(260.8, 67.1%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cddfab

Analogous

#abb3df

#bdabdf

#d7abdf

Triadic

#bdabdf

#dfbdab

#abdfbd

Split-complementary

#bdabdf

#dfd7ab

#b3dfab

Tetradic

#bdabdf

#dfabcd

#cddfab

#abdfbd

Square

#bdabdf

#dfabb3

#cddfab

#abdfd7

Shades

Color #bdabdf mixed toward black.

#987ccd

#724cbb

#55368f

#39245f

#1c1230

Tints

Color #bdabdf mixed toward white.

#c8b9e4

#d3c7ea

#ded5ef

#e9e3f4

#f4f1fa

Tones

Color #bdabdf mixed toward gray.

#beb0db

#c0b4d6

#c1b8d2

#c2bcce

#c4c1c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5d4 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#b7b8d1 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#bccbc9 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdabdf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdabdf]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#bdabdf (#bdabdf) is rgb(189, 171, 223) in RGB.

No, #bdabdf 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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