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#BDBFD7

#bdbfd7 ≈ Languid Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdbfd7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 74.9% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.09% cyan, 11.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 235.38°, with 24.53% saturation and 79.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 6.83.

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Relative luminance0.5299

Complementary

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #d7d5bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #d7c8bd
  3. #ccd7bd

Analogous

  1. #bdccd7
  2. #bdbfd7
  3. #c8bdd7

Triadic

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #d7bdbf
  3. #bfd7bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #d5bdd7
  3. #d7d5bd
  4. #bfd7bd

Square

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #d7bdcc
  3. #d7d5bd
  4. #bdd7c8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f639c
  2. #8d91ba
  3. #bdbfd7
  4. #ededf4
  5. #f2f3f7

Shades

#bdbfd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #aaacc2
  3. #9799ac
  4. #848697
  5. #717381
  6. #5f606c
  7. #4c4c56
  8. #393941
  9. #26262b
  10. #131316
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdbfd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #c4c5db
  3. #caccdf
  4. #d1d2e3
  5. #d7d9e7
  6. #dedfeb
  7. #e5e5ef
  8. #ebecf3
  9. #f2f2f7
  10. #f8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdbfd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdbfd7
  2. #b7b9ce
  3. #b1b2c6
  4. #abacbd
  5. #a5a6b4
  6. #9fa0ac
  7. #9899a3
  8. #92939a
  9. #8c8d91
  10. #868689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc0ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c1d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c0d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8c3c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbc0d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #babfd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bac1cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdbfd7 {
  color: #bdbfd7;
}
Background
.bg-bdbfd7 {
  background-color: #bdbfd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdbfd7 {
  border: 2px solid #bdbfd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdbfd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 191 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 25% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdbfd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdbfd7, #c8bdd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdbfd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 191 215 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.83 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.90 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.49 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.36 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.15 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.43 #424028 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#bdbfd7  rgb(189, 191, 215)  hsl(235, 25%, 79%)  Languid Lavender
#d7d5bd  rgb(215, 213, 189)  hsl(55, 25%, 79%)  Pearl
#d7bdbf  rgb(215, 189, 191)  hsl(355, 25%, 79%)  Silver Pink
#bfd7bd  rgb(191, 215, 189)  hsl(115, 25%, 79%)  Tea Green