#bfa5cc

Color #bfa5cc

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 11.96 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bfa5cc

RGB

rgb(191, 165, 204)

HSL

hsl(280, 27.7%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 19.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(71.11, 16.63, -16.36)

LCH

lch(71.11, 23.33, 315.47)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0619, 314.41)

HWB

hwb(280, 64.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2cca5

Analogous

#aca5cc

#bfa5cc

#cca5c6

Triadic

#bfa5cc

#ccbfa5

#a5ccbf

Split-complementary

#bfa5cc

#c6cca5

#a5ccac

Tetradic

#bfa5cc

#cca5b2

#b2cca5

#a5ccbf

Square

#bfa5cc

#ccaca5

#b2cca5

#a5c6cc

Shades

Color #bfa5cc mixed toward black.

#a37eb6

#86599d

#654376

#432c4f

#221627

Tints

Color #bfa5cc mixed toward white.

#cab4d5

#d4c3dd

#dfd2e6

#eae1ee

#f4f0f7

Tones

Color #bfa5cc mixed toward gray.

#bea8c9

#bdacc6

#bcafc2

#bbb2bf

#bab5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4c3 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#b6b8c1 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#bebcbb · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfa5cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfa5cc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#bfa5cc (#bfa5cc) is rgb(191, 165, 204) in RGB.

No, #bfa5cc 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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