#bdafc5

Color #bdafc5

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bdafc5

RGB

rgb(189, 175, 197)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 15.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 11.2%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(73.23, 9.08, -9.35)

LCH

lch(73.23, 13.03, 314.16)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0344, 313.47)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 68.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7c5af

Analogous

#b2afc5

#bdafc5

#c5afc2

Triadic

#bdafc5

#c5bdaf

#afc5bd

Split-complementary

#bdafc5

#c2c5af

#afc5b2

Tetradic

#bdafc5

#c5afb7

#b7c5af

#afc5bd

Square

#bdafc5

#c5b2af

#b7c5af

#afc2c5

Shades

Color #bdafc5 mixed toward black.

#9f8bab

#816890

#614e6c

#413448

#201a24

Tints

Color #bdafc5 mixed toward white.

#c8bccf

#d3cad8

#ded7e2

#e9e4ec

#f4f2f5

Tones

Color #bdafc5 mixed toward gray.

#bcb1c3

#bcb3c1

#bbb4bf

#bbb6be

#bab8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7c0 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b8b9bf · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#bcbcbb · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdafc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdafc5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bdafc5 (#bdafc5) is rgb(189, 175, 197) in RGB.

No, #bdafc5 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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