#bfbfdb

Color #bfbfdb

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bfbfdb

RGB

rgb(191, 191, 219)

HSL

hsl(240, 28%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(78.14, 5.5, -13.95)

LCH

lch(78.14, 15, 291.52)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0391, 285.56)

HWB

hwb(240, 74.9%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbdbbf

Analogous

#bfcddb

#bfbfdb

#cdbfdb

Triadic

#bfbfdb

#dbbfbf

#bfdbbf

Split-complementary

#bfbfdb

#dbcdbf

#cddbbf

Tetradic

#bfbfdb

#dbbfdb

#dbdbbf

#bfdbbf

Square

#bfbfdb

#dbbfcd

#dbdbbf

#bfdbcd

Shades

Color #bfbfdb mixed toward black.

#9393c2

#6868aa

#4a4a83

#313157

#19192c

Tints

Color #bfbfdb mixed toward white.

#cacae1

#d4d4e7

#dfdfed

#eaeaf3

#f4f4f9

Tones

Color #bfbfdb mixed toward gray.

#c1c1d9

#c4c4d6

#c6c6d4

#c8c8d2

#cbcbcf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfd5 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#bfbfd3 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#bfcfce · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 11.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #bfbfdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfbfdb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bfbfdb (#bfbfdb) is rgb(191, 191, 219) in RGB.

No, #bfbfdb 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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