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#bc9caa color: Pale Petticoat

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334°
100%

OKLCH

72.6%
0.042
350°
  • ≈ 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 text8.47:1 · AALc 55

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About #bc9caa

#bc9caa is a dusty light pink color. In OKLCH it has 72.6% lightness, 0.042 chroma and a hue of 350°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.48:1 contrast and black text 8.47:1, 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: #bc9caa mixed with white

  1. bc9caa
  2. c3a6b2
  3. c9afba
  4. d0b9c3
  5. d7c3cb
  6. decdd4
  7. e4d6dc
  8. ebe1e5
  9. f2ebee
  10. f8f5f6

Darker: #bc9caa mixed with black

  1. bc9caa
  2. a38793
  3. 8b737d
  4. 735f68
  5. 5d4c53
  6. 47393f
  7. 32282d
  8. 1f181b
  9. 0d090b
  10. 020101

Calmer: #bc9caa with less saturation

  1. bc9caa
  2. ba9daa
  3. b89ea9
  4. b69fa9
  5. b4a0a8
  6. b1a1a8
  7. afa2a8
  8. ada3a7
  9. aba4a7
  10. a8a5a7