#bdb5f6

Color #bdb5f6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb5f6

RGB

rgb(189, 181, 246)

HSL

hsl(247.4, 78.3%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.4, 26.4%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(76.39, 16.25, -31.2)

LCH

lch(76.39, 35.18, 297.51)

OKLCH

oklch(80.3%, 0.0914, 289.82)

HWB

hwb(247.4, 71%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eef6b5

Analogous

#b5cdf6

#bdb5f6

#ddb5f6

Triadic

#bdb5f6

#f6bdb5

#b5f6bd

Split-complementary

#bdb5f6

#f6ddb5

#cdf6b5

Tetradic

#bdb5f6

#f6b5ee

#eef6b5

#b5f6bd

Square

#bdb5f6

#f6b5cd

#eef6b5

#b5f6dd

Shades

Color #bdb5f6 mixed toward black.

#8475ee

#4c36e7

#2c17be

#1d0f7f

#0f083f

Tints

Color #bdb5f6 mixed toward white.

#c8c1f7

#d3cef9

#dedafa

#e9e6fc

#f4f3fd

Tones

Color #bdb5f6 mixed toward gray.

#c1baf1

#c5c0eb

#c9c5e6

#cdcbe0

#d1d0db

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babae8 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#babbe5 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#bdddda · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb5f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb5f6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdb5f6 (#bdb5f6) is rgb(189, 181, 246) in RGB.

No, #bdb5f6 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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