Information about #BDBBD6 color

#BDBBD6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #BDBBD6 belongs to the Blue Color Family, featuring Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(189, 187, 214) (74.1% red, 73.3% green, 83.9% blue), or CMYK 10 / 11 / 0 / 16 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained deep-sea blue, #BDBBD6 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Lavender Grey (#BDBBD7). Nearby in the Register you will also find Poet (#C0BCD4) and Soft Violet (#BBB5D8).

The recipe behind #BDBBD6 is rgb(189, 187, 214), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BDBBD6 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.9:1. #BDBBD6 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BDBBD6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BDBBD6 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BDBBD6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Soft Violet color link
Soft Violet

#BBB5D8

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Melrose color link
Melrose

#C3B9DD

Moon Raker color link
Moon Raker

#C0B2D7

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BDBBD6
  • RGB189, 187, 214
  • CMYK10, 11, 0, 16
  • CSSrgb(189, 187, 214)
  • HSL244°, 25%, 79%
  • HSL Precise244.444°, 24.771%, 78.627%
  • HSV244°, 13%, 84%
  • HSB244°, 13%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.839
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.733, 0.839)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.733, 0.839, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.733, 0.839)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB83.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBDBBD6
  • DECIMAL ID12434390
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01