#bdb7cd

Color #bdb7cd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb7cd

RGB

rgb(189, 183, 205)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 18%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 10.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(75.51, 6.31, -10.32)

LCH

lch(75.51, 12.1, 301.44)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0314, 298.12)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 71.8%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7cdb7

Analogous

#b7bccd

#bdb7cd

#c8b7cd

Triadic

#bdb7cd

#cdbdb7

#b7cdbd

Split-complementary

#bdb7cd

#cdc8b7

#bccdb7

Tetradic

#bdb7cd

#cdb7c7

#c7cdb7

#b7cdbd

Square

#bdb7cd

#cdb7bc

#c7cdb7

#b7cdc8

Shades

Color #bdb7cd mixed toward black.

#9a91b3

#776b98

#595072

#3b354c

#1e1b26

Tints

Color #bdb7cd mixed toward white.

#c8c3d5

#d3cfde

#dedbe6

#e9e7ee

#f4f3f7

Tones

Color #bdb7cd mixed toward gray.

#beb9cb

#bfbbc9

#c0bdc8

#c0bec6

#c1c0c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babac8 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#bbbbc7 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#bdc4c3 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb7cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb7cd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#bdb7cd (#bdb7cd) is rgb(189, 183, 205) in RGB.

No, #bdb7cd 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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