#bdb3ce

Color #bdb3ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.83 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb3ce

RGB

rgb(189, 179, 206)

HSL

hsl(262.2, 21.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.2, 13.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(74.52, 8.68, -12.35)

LCH

lch(74.52, 15.1, 305.1)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0393, 302.31)

HWB

hwb(262.2, 70.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4ceb3

Analogous

#b3b7ce

#bdb3ce

#cbb3ce

Triadic

#bdb3ce

#cebdb3

#b3cebd

Split-complementary

#bdb3ce

#cecbb3

#b7ceb3

Tetradic

#bdb3ce

#ceb3c4

#c4ceb3

#b3cebd

Square

#bdb3ce

#ceb3b7

#c4ceb3

#b3cecb

Shades

Color #bdb3ce mixed toward black.

#9b8cb5

#79659c

#5b4b75

#3d324e

#1e1927

Tints

Color #bdb3ce mixed toward white.

#c8c0d6

#d3ccde

#ded9e7

#e9e6ef

#f4f2f7

Tones

Color #bdb3ce mixed toward gray.

#beb5cc

#beb8ca

#bfbac7

#bfbcc5

#c0bec3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c8 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#b9bac6 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#bdc3c2 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb3ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb3ce]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#bdb3ce (#bdb3ce) is rgb(189, 179, 206) in RGB.

No, #bdb3ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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