#BFACA0

sRGB: 191 / 172 / 160

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms thunder through timeless canyons
Brilliant stars vanish without farewell

#BFACA0 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 172 green and 160 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 23.2° lands in the orange region. Its 19.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 172, 160
HSL: 23.23°, 19.50%, 68.82%
HSV / HSB: 23.23°, 16.23%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.95%, 16.23%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.582, 43.120, 39.339
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.636, 4.847, 8.661
WCAG relative luminance: 0.43119
24-bit decimal: 12561568

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BFACA0 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A0B3BF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFACA0 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BFACA0 #A0B3BF

Analogous

#BFA0A3 and #BFBCA0 sit 30° to either side of #BFACA0. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BFA0A3 #BFACA0 #BFBCA0

Triadic

#BFACA0, #A0BFAC and #ACA0BF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFACA0 #A0BFAC #ACA0BF

Split complementary

Start at #BFACA0 and look across the wheel. #A0BFBC and #A0A3BF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFACA0 #A0BFBC #A0A3BF

Square

Starting with #BFACA0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A3BFA0, #A0B3BF, then #BCA0BF. Across the square, #BFACA0 pairs with #A0B3BF, and #A3BFA0 with #BCA0BF.

#BFACA0 #A3BFA0 #A0B3BF #BCA0BF

Tetradic

#BFACA0 and #A0B3BF are opposites, as are #B3BFA0 and #ACA0BF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFACA0 #B3BFA0 #A0B3BF #ACA0BF

Tints

Mixing #BFACA0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBDB3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EEEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFACA0 #CCBDB3 #D9CDC6 #E5DED9 #F2EEEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFACA0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #998A80, keeps 80% of the original. By #262220, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFACA0 #998A80 #736760 #4C4540 #262220 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFACA0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A39A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8986, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFACA0 #B2A39A #A69A93 #99928D #8D8986 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BFACA0

RGB

rgb(191 172 160)

HSL

hsl(23.226 19.497% 68.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFACA0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFACA0 uses 191 red, 172 green and 160 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 67.5%

Blue 62.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFACA0 is 0.0% cyan, 9.9% magenta, 16.2% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.9%

Yellow 16.2%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBAA99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BA9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFACA0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBAA99 Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#BFACA0 #BAADA5 #B5AEAA #B0B0B0 #AAB1B5 #A5B2BA #A0B3BF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFACA0 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C5A9A9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B6ADA0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B8AFA0

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C0ABA3

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#AFAFAF

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B7AEA8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.41254 B 0.35153

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73650 G 0.67716 B 0.63333

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.50174 G 0.41614 B 0.35884

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.341 y 0.345 Y 43.120

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 32.549 Y % 37.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 10101100 10100000