#bdb7c8

Color #bdb7c8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb7c8

RGB

rgb(189, 183, 200)

HSL

hsl(261.2, 13.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.2, 8.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(75.36, 5.32, -7.82)

LCH

lch(75.36, 9.46, 304.23)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0246, 301.88)

HWB

hwb(261.2, 71.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2c8b7

Analogous

#b7b9c8

#bdb7c8

#c6b7c8

Triadic

#bdb7c8

#c8bdb7

#b7c8bd

Split-complementary

#bdb7c8

#c8c6b7

#b9c8b7

Tetradic

#bdb7c8

#c8b7c2

#c2c8b7

#b7c8bd

Square

#bdb7c8

#c8b7b9

#c2c8b7

#b7c8c6

Shades

Color #bdb7c8 mixed toward black.

#9c93ac

#7b6f91

#5c536d

#3d3748

#1f1c24

Tints

Color #bdb7c8 mixed toward white.

#c8c3d1

#d3cfda

#dedbe4

#e9e7ed

#f4f3f6

Tones

Color #bdb7c8 mixed toward gray.

#bdb8c7

#bebac5

#bebbc4

#bfbdc2

#bfbec1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babac4 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbbc3 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#bdc1c0 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb7c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb7c8]

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

#bdb7c8 (#bdb7c8) is rgb(189, 183, 200) in RGB.

No, #bdb7c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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