#BFAFA4

sRGB: 191 / 175 / 164

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars drift toward tomorrow

#BFAFA4 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 175 green and 164 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 24.4° lands in the orange region. Its 17.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.6% 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 (9.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 175, 164
HSL: 24.44°, 17.42%, 69.61%
HSV / HSB: 24.44°, 14.14%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.38%, 14.14%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.515, 44.417, 41.404
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.506, 3.871, 7.711
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44417
24-bit decimal: 12562340

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 #BFAFA4 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: 9.88:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.12:1

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

#A4B4BF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFAFA4 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.

#BFAFA4 #A4B4BF

Analogous

#BFA4A7 and #BFBDA4 sit 30° to either side of #BFAFA4. 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.

#BFA4A7 #BFAFA4 #BFBDA4

Triadic

#BFAFA4, #A4BFAF and #AFA4BF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFAFA4 #A4BFAF #AFA4BF

Split complementary

Start at #BFAFA4 and look across the wheel. #A4BFBD and #A4A7BF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFAFA4 #A4BFBD #A4A7BF

Square

Starting with #BFAFA4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A7BFA4, #A4B4BF, then #BDA4BF. Across the square, #BFAFA4 pairs with #A4B4BF, and #A7BFA4 with #BDA4BF.

#BFAFA4 #A7BFA4 #A4B4BF #BDA4BF

Tetradic

#BFAFA4 and #A4B4BF are opposites, as are #B4BFA4 and #AFA4BF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFAFA4 #B4BFA4 #A4B4BF #AFA4BF

Tints

Mixing #BFAFA4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBFB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EFED, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFAFA4 #CCBFB6 #D9CFC8 #E5DFDB #F2EFED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFAFA4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #998C83, keeps 80% of the original. By #262321, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFAFA4 #998C83 #736962 #4C4642 #262321 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFAFA4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A69D, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8987, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFAFA4 #B2A69D #A69C96 #99938E #8D8987 #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

#BFAFA4

RGB

rgb(191 175 164)

HSL

hsl(24.444 17.419% 69.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFAFA4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFAFA4 uses 191 red, 175 green and 164 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 68.6%

Blue 64.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFAFA4 is 0.0% cyan, 8.4% magenta, 14.1% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.4%

Yellow 14.1%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBAAAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BAA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFAFA4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BFAFA4 #BBB0A9 #B6B1AD #B2B2B2 #ADB2B6 #A9B3BB #A4B4BF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFAFA4 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.

#B4B0A3

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.

#B7B3A4

Tritanopia

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

#C4ACAC

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.

#B8B0A4

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.

#BAB2A4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C0AEA7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B2B2B2

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.

#B9B0AB

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 0.42869 B 0.37124

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 0.73838 G 0.68848 B 0.64837

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50461 G 0.43175 B 0.37796

CIE xyY

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

x 0.336 y 0.343 Y 44.417

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 31.373 Y % 35.686

Binary RGB

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

10111111 10101111 10100100