#bdb9e6

Color #bdb9e6

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb9e6

RGB

rgb(189, 185, 230)

HSL

hsl(245.3, 47.4%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.3, 19.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.82, 10.47, -21.9)

LCH

lch(76.82, 24.27, 295.55)

OKLCH

oklch(80.4%, 0.0632, 288.92)

HWB

hwb(245.3, 72.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e6b9

Analogous

#b9cce6

#bdb9e6

#d4b9e6

Triadic

#bdb9e6

#e6bdb9

#b9e6bd

Split-complementary

#bdb9e6

#e6d4b9

#cce6b9

Tetradic

#bdb9e6

#e6b9e2

#e2e6b9

#b9e6bd

Square

#bdb9e6

#e6b9cc

#e2e6b9

#b9e6d4

Shades

Color #bdb9e6 mixed toward black.

#8d86d4

#5d53c2

#3f3799

#2a2466

#151233

Tints

Color #bdb9e6 mixed toward white.

#c8c5ea

#d3d0ee

#dedcf3

#e9e8f7

#f4f3fb

Tones

Color #bdb9e6 mixed toward gray.

#c0bde2

#c3c1df

#c6c4db

#c9c8d7

#ccccd3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbbdc · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#bcbcda · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#bdd4d2 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 16.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb9e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb9e6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdb9e6 (#bdb9e6) is rgb(189, 185, 230) in RGB.

No, #bdb9e6 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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