#bdbad9

Color #bdbad9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bdbad9

RGB

rgb(189, 186, 217)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 29%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 14.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(76.65, 7.14, -15.13)

LCH

lch(76.65, 16.73, 295.26)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0435, 289.89)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 72.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6d9ba

Analogous

#bac6d9

#bdbad9

#ccbad9

Triadic

#bdbad9

#d9bdba

#bad9bd

Split-complementary

#bdbad9

#d9ccba

#c6d9ba

Tetradic

#bdbad9

#d9bad6

#d6d9ba

#bad9bd

Square

#bdbad9

#d9bac6

#d6d9ba

#bad9cc

Shades

Color #bdbad9 mixed toward black.

#938fc1

#6a63a9

#4d4882

#333057

#1a182b

Tints

Color #bdbad9 mixed toward white.

#c8c5df

#d3d1e6

#dedcec

#e9e8f2

#f4f3f9

Tones

Color #bdbad9 mixed toward gray.

#bfbdd6

#c1bfd4

#c3c2d1

#c5c4cf

#c7c7cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd2 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#bcbcd0 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#bdcccb · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdbad9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdbad9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdbad9 (#bdbad9) is rgb(189, 186, 217) in RGB.

No, #bdbad9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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