#bdb6de

Color #bdb6de

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb6de

RGB

rgb(189, 182, 222)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 37.7%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 18%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(75.79, 10.37, -19.13)

LCH

lch(75.79, 21.76, 298.46)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0565, 293.12)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 71.4%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7deb6

Analogous

#b6c3de

#bdb6de

#d1b6de

Triadic

#bdb6de

#debdb6

#b6debd

Split-complementary

#bdb6de

#ded1b6

#c3deb6

Tetradic

#bdb6de

#deb6d7

#d7deb6

#b6debd

Square

#bdb6de

#deb6c3

#d7deb6

#b6ded1

Shades

Color #bdb6de mixed toward black.

#9388c9

#6959b4

#4c3f8b

#332a5d

#19152e

Tints

Color #bdb6de mixed toward white.

#c8c2e3

#d3cee9

#dedaee

#e9e7f4

#f4f3f9

Tones

Color #bdb6de mixed toward gray.

#bfb9db

#c1bdd7

#c3c0d4

#c6c3d1

#c8c7cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad5 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#babbd3 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#bdcecc · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb6de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb6de]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#bdb6de (#bdb6de) is rgb(189, 182, 222) in RGB.

No, #bdb6de 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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