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#bb9ca5 color: Pale Petticoat

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343°
100%

OKLCH

72.3%
0.039
359°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Pink
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • mauve-400
  • Black 27%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.50:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.41:1 · AALc 55

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About #bb9ca5

#bb9ca5 is a dusty light pink color. In OKLCH it has 72.3% lightness, 0.039 chroma and a hue of 359°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.5:1 contrast and black text 8.41:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pale Petticoat (#ba9ba5). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light pink colors

Lighter: #bb9ca5 mixed with white

  1. bb9ca5
  2. c2a6ae
  3. c9afb6
  4. cfb9bf
  5. d6c3c8
  6. ddcdd1
  7. e4d6da
  8. ebe0e3
  9. f1ebec
  10. f8f5f6

Darker: #bb9ca5 mixed with black

  1. bb9ca5
  2. a2878f
  3. 8a7379
  4. 735f65
  5. 5c4c51
  6. 46393d
  7. 32282b
  8. 1f181a
  9. 0d090a
  10. 020101

Calmer: #bb9ca5 with less saturation

  1. bb9ca5
  2. b99da5
  3. b79ea5
  4. b59fa5
  5. b3a0a5
  6. b1a1a5
  7. aea2a5
  8. aca3a5
  9. aaa4a5
  10. a8a5a5