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#bb9caa color: Pale Petticoat

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333°
100%

OKLCH

72.5%
0.041
349°
  • ≈ 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 text8.45:1 · AALc 55

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About #bb9caa

#bb9caa is a dusty light pink color. In OKLCH it has 72.5% lightness, 0.041 chroma and a hue of 349°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.49:1 contrast and black text 8.45:1, 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: #bb9caa mixed with white

  1. bb9caa
  2. c2a6b2
  3. c9afba
  4. cfb9c3
  5. d6c3cb
  6. ddcdd4
  7. e4d6dc
  8. ebe1e5
  9. f1ebee
  10. f8f5f6

Darker: #bb9caa mixed with black

  1. bb9caa
  2. a28793
  3. 8a737d
  4. 735f68
  5. 5c4c53
  6. 46393f
  7. 32282d
  8. 1f181b
  9. 0d090b
  10. 020101

Calmer: #bb9caa with less saturation

  1. bb9caa
  2. b99daa
  3. b79ea9
  4. b59fa9
  5. b3a0a8
  6. b1a1a8
  7. afa2a8
  8. aca3a7
  9. aaa4a7
  10. a8a5a6