#bdb2ea

Color #bdb2ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb2ea

RGB

rgb(189, 178, 234)

HSL

hsl(251.8, 57.1%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.8, 23.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(75.2, 15.18, -26.53)

LCH

lch(75.2, 30.57, 299.78)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0793, 293.49)

HWB

hwb(251.8, 69.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfeab2

Analogous

#b2c3ea

#bdb2ea

#d9b2ea

Triadic

#bdb2ea

#eabdb2

#b2eabd

Split-complementary

#bdb2ea

#ead9b2

#c3eab2

Tetradic

#bdb2ea

#eab2df

#dfeab2

#b2eabd

Square

#bdb2ea

#eab2c3

#dfeab2

#b2ead9

Shades

Color #bdb2ea mixed toward black.

#8f7cdb

#6146cd

#432ca2

#2d1d6c

#160f36

Tints

Color #bdb2ea mixed toward white.

#c8bfed

#d3ccf1

#ded9f4

#e9e5f8

#f4f2fb

Tones

Color #bdb2ea mixed toward gray.

#c0b7e5

#c3bbe1

#c6c0dc

#c8c5d7

#cbc9d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8de · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b9badb · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#bcd4d2 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb2ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb2ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bdb2ea (#bdb2ea) is rgb(189, 178, 234) in RGB.

No, #bdb2ea 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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