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#bb9ca8 color: Pale Petticoat

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337°
100%

OKLCH

72.4%
0.040
353°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Pink
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • mauve-400
  • Black 27%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.49:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.43:1 · AALc 55

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About #bb9ca8

#bb9ca8 is a dusty light pink color. In OKLCH it has 72.4% lightness, 0.04 chroma and a hue of 353°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.49:1 contrast and black text 8.43:1, so black text reads better.

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

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Lighter: #bb9ca8 mixed with white

  1. bb9ca8
  2. c2a6b0
  3. c9afb9
  4. cfb9c1
  5. d6c3ca
  6. ddcdd3
  7. e4d6db
  8. ebe0e4
  9. f1ebed
  10. f8f5f6

Darker: #bb9ca8 mixed with black

  1. bb9ca8
  2. a28792
  3. 8a737c
  4. 735f67
  5. 5c4c52
  6. 46393f
  7. 32282c
  8. 1f181a
  9. 0d090a
  10. 020101

Calmer: #bb9ca8 with less saturation

  1. bb9ca8
  2. b99da8
  3. b79ea8
  4. b59fa7
  5. b3a0a7
  6. b1a1a7
  7. afa2a7
  8. aca3a6
  9. aaa4a6
  10. a8a5a6