#bfb1ca

Color #bfb1ca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 7.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bfb1ca

RGB

rgb(191, 177, 202)

HSL

hsl(273.6, 19.1%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.6, 12.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(74.05, 9.65, -10.84)

LCH

lch(74.05, 14.51, 311.68)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0382, 310.32)

HWB

hwb(273.6, 69.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bccab1

Analogous

#b2b1ca

#bfb1ca

#cab1c8

Triadic

#bfb1ca

#cabfb1

#b1cabf

Split-complementary

#bfb1ca

#c8cab1

#b1cab2

Tetradic

#bfb1ca

#cab1bc

#bccab1

#b1cabf

Square

#bfb1ca

#cab2b1

#bccab1

#b1c8ca

Shades

Color #bfb1ca mixed toward black.

#a08bb0

#816696

#614d71

#41334b

#201a26

Tints

Color #bfb1ca mixed toward white.

#cabed3

#d4cbdc

#dfd8e4

#eae5ed

#f4f2f6

Tones

Color #bfb1ca mixed toward gray.

#bfb3c8

#beb5c6

#beb7c4

#beb9c2

#bebbc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c4 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#babbc3 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#bec0bf · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfb1ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfb1ca]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bfb1ca (#bfb1ca) is rgb(191, 177, 202) in RGB.

No, #bfb1ca 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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