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#BFAED2 — Light Dusty Purple

#BFAED2 is a purple color we call Light Dusty Purple, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BFAED2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BFAED2 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C0D2AD; it also sits naturally between #ADAED2 and #D1ADD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFAED2 · RGB 191, 174, 210

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Color values

HEX#BFAED2
RGB191, 174, 210
HSL268°, 29%, 75%
HSV268°, 17%, 82%
CMYK9%, 17%, 0%, 18%
XYZ48.25, 46.00, 67.31
Yxy46.00, 0.2987, 0.2847
CIE-Lab73.55, 12.90, -15.98
Hunter Lab67.82, 12.12, -15.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 68% · Blue 82%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 0% · Key 18%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BFAED2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFAED2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFAED2

.text { color: #BFAED2; }
.background { background-color: #BFAED2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFAED2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 174, 210); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 29%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFAED2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 174, 210, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFAED2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 174, 210, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFAED2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFAED2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFAED2

#AC96C5#9A7FB8#8768AC#76559B#644884#503A69#3F2D52#2D213B#1C1424#0A070D

Tints of #BFAED2

#C3B3D5#C8BAD9#CEC0DD#D3C7E0#DBD1E6#E0D8E9#E5DEED#EAE5F1#EFEBF4#F5F2F8

Tones of #BFAED2

#BEAFCF#BEB2CD#BFB4CA#BFB8C7#BFBAC4#BFBDC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0D2AD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.06:1 Fails
Against black text10.20:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFAED2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFAED2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BFAED2: ·

How #BFAED2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B8B7C9Deuteranopia · #B9BAC7Tritanopia · #BEC2C1

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFAED2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette Ffd5cd
#FFD5CD · #EFBBCF · #C3AED6 · #8675A9
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Amber Ruby Marble
#C7AED6 · #A16EBE · #864FA6 · #6C3989

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C3ACD0#C3AED6#C5B3D3#C5B0CD#C7AED6#BDA6CE#C8ACD6#C5B8D9#C4A4DA#B9B4C7#BCAADF#BFACE0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFAED1  ·  #BFAED3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFAED2?

#BFAED2 is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 174, 210). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFAED2?

#BFAED2 is RGB 191, 174, 210 — HSL 268°, 29%, 75% — CMYK 9%, 17%, 0%, 18%.

What colors go with #BFAED2?

Its complement is #C0D2AD; analogous partners are #ADAED2 and #D1ADD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFAED2 for text?

Black text on #BFAED2 has a contrast ratio of 10.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.