#bdbddb

Color #bdbddb

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bdbddb

RGB

rgb(189, 189, 219)

HSL

hsl(240, 29.4%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 13.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(77.48, 5.94, -14.96)

LCH

lch(77.48, 16.1, 291.66)

OKLCH

oklch(80.8%, 0.042, 285.46)

HWB

hwb(240, 74.1%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbdbbd

Analogous

#bdccdb

#bdbddb

#ccbddb

Triadic

#bdbddb

#dbbdbd

#bddbbd

Split-complementary

#bdbddb

#dbccbd

#ccdbbd

Tetradic

#bdbddb

#dbbddb

#dbdbbd

#bddbbd

Square

#bdbddb

#dbbdcc

#dbdbbd

#bddbcc

Shades

Color #bdbddb mixed toward black.

#9191c3

#6565ab

#484884

#303058

#18182c

Tints

Color #bdbddb mixed toward white.

#c8c8e1

#d3d3e7

#dedeed

#e9e9f3

#f4f4f9

Tones

Color #bdbddb mixed toward gray.

#c0c0d8

#c2c2d6

#c5c5d3

#c7c7d1

#cacace

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdd4 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbdd3 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#bdcfcd · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdbddb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdbddb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bdbddb (#bdbddb) is rgb(189, 189, 219) in RGB.

No, #bdbddb 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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