Close to Pastel Purple

#BFA2BB

#BFA2BB is a light, soft, grayish pink, close to the color Pastel Purple. In RGB it’s made of 74.9% red, 63.5% green, and 73.3% blue. Its hue is 308°, with 18% saturation and 69% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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2.31:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

9.10:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BFA2BB as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BFA2BB
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #BFA2BB

What color is #BFA2BB?

#BFA2BB is a light, soft, grayish pink, close to the color Pastel Purple. In RGB it’s made of 74.9% red, 63.5% green, and 73.3% blue. Its hue is 308°, with 18% saturation and 69% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BFA2BB in RGB?

#BFA2BB is rgb(191, 162, 187): 191 red, 162 green, and 187 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BFA2BB in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 15, 2, 25). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BFA2BB?

PANTONE 2645 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BFA2BB?

Its complement #95B299 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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