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#bc9ca8 color: Pale Petticoat

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338°
100%

OKLCH

72.5%
0.041
354°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Pink
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • mauve-400
  • Black 26%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.48:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.46:1 · AALc 55

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About #bc9ca8

#bc9ca8 is a dusty light pink color. In OKLCH it has 72.5% lightness, 0.041 chroma and a hue of 354°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.48:1 contrast and black text 8.46:1, 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: #bc9ca8 mixed with white

  1. bc9ca8
  2. c3a6b0
  3. c9afb9
  4. d0b9c1
  5. d7c3ca
  6. decdd3
  7. e4d6db
  8. ebe1e4
  9. f2ebed
  10. f8f5f6

Darker: #bc9ca8 mixed with black

  1. bc9ca8
  2. a38792
  3. 8b737c
  4. 735f67
  5. 5d4c52
  6. 47393f
  7. 32282c
  8. 1f181a
  9. 0d090a
  10. 020101

Calmer: #bc9ca8 with less saturation

  1. bc9ca8
  2. ba9da8
  3. b89ea8
  4. b69fa7
  5. b4a0a7
  6. b1a1a7
  7. afa2a7
  8. ada3a7
  9. aba4a6
  10. a8a5a6