What is hex #BFAEA7 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 75% red, 68% green and 65% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (191,174,167).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 9%, 13%, 25%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BFAEA7 features a hue of 18°, 13% saturation, and a brightness value of 75%.

Hex #BFAEA7 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BFAEA7
RGB Values (191,174,167)
CMYK Values (0%, 9%, 13%, 25%)
HSV/HSB Values (18°, 13%, 75%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC9999
Inverse Color
#405158
Closest Pantone®
Warm Gray 4 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7044 [Silk grey]
Complementary Color
#A7B8BF

#BFAEA7 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#B1B1B1
Lightness (Desaturation)
#B3B3B3
Weighted (BT601)
#B2B2B2
Luma (BT709)
#B1B1B1

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BFAEA7 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BFAEA7

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BFAEA7.

Contrast Ratio: 2.14:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BFAEA7

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BFAEA7.

Contrast Ratio: 9.83:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BFAEA7 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BFAEA7 is #A7B8BF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BFAEA7 you will find #A7B8BF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BFAEA7 #A7B8BF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BFAEA7 is composed with colors #BFA7AC and #BFBAA7. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BFAEA7 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BFA7AC #BFAEA7 #BFBAA7

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BFAEA7 is composed with colors #A7ACBF and #A7BFBA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BFAEA7 #A7ACBF #A7BFBA

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BFAEA7 is composed with colors #AEA7BF and #A7BFAE. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BFAEA7 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BFAEA7 #AEA7BF #A7BFAE

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BFAEA7 is composed with colors #A7BFAE, #A7B8BF and #BFA7B8 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BFAEA7 #A7BFAE #A7B8BF #BFA7B8

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BFAEA7 is composed with colors #ACBFA7, #A7B8BF and #BAA7BF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BFAEA7 #ACBFA7 #A7B8BF #BAA7BF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BFAEA7

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BFAEA7.

#BFAEA7 #C7B8B2 #D0C3BE #D8CECA #E1D9D6 #E9E4E2 #F2EFED #FBFAF9

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BFAEA7 #B7B1AE #B3B3B3

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BFAEA7 #B6A39B #AD988F #A58D83 #9C8277 #94776B #886E63 #7C645A

Hex #BFAEA7 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BFAEA7
Java new Color(191,174,167);
Python Color(#BFAEA7)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 191,174,167);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.75, green: 0.68, blue: 0.65, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(191, 174, 167)