#bfa4ce

Color #bfa4ce

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bfa4ce

RGB

rgb(191, 164, 206)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 30%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 20.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(70.93, 17.59, -17.73)

LCH

lch(70.93, 24.98, 314.77)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0661, 313.41)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 64.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3cea4

Analogous

#aaa4ce

#bfa4ce

#cea4c8

Triadic

#bfa4ce

#cebfa4

#a4cebf

Split-complementary

#bfa4ce

#c8cea4

#a4ceaa

Tetradic

#bfa4ce

#cea4b3

#b3cea4

#a4cebf

Square

#bfa4ce

#ceaaa4

#b3cea4

#a4c8ce

Shades

Color #bfa4ce mixed toward black.

#a37cb8

#8656a0

#644178

#432b50

#211628

Tints

Color #bfa4ce mixed toward white.

#cab3d6

#d4c2de

#dfd1e6

#eae1ef

#f4f0f7

Tones

Color #bfa4ce mixed toward gray.

#bea7ca

#bdabc7

#bcaec3

#bbb2c0

#bab5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c5 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#b5b7c3 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#bebdbc · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfa4ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfa4ce]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bfa4ce (#bfa4ce) is rgb(191, 164, 206) in RGB.

No, #bfa4ce 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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