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#BA91BF — Light Dusty Pink

#BA91BF is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #BA91BF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BA91BF is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #97BF92; it also sits naturally between #A392BF and #BF92AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BA91BF · RGB 186, 145, 191

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Color values

HEX#BA91BF
RGB186, 145, 191
HSL293°, 26%, 66%
HSV293°, 24%, 75%
CMYK3%, 24%, 0%, 25%
XYZ39.78, 34.45, 53.84
Yxy34.45, 0.3106, 0.2690
CIE-Lab65.32, 23.49, -17.95
Hunter Lab58.70, 21.73, -17.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 57% · Blue 75%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BA91BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BA91BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BA91BF

.text { color: #BA91BF; }
.background { background-color: #BA91BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BA91BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 145, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(293, 26%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BA91BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 145, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BA91BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 145, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BA91BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BA91BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BA91BF

#AD7EB4#A16BA8#905997#7D4D84#6B4270#59375D#462B4A#311E33#1F1320#0C080D

Tints of #BA91BF

#C09BC5#C6A5CA#CCAFD0#D2B8D5#D8C2DB#DECCE1#E4D5E6#EBDFEC#F1E9F2#F7F2F7

Tones of #BA91BF

#B795BB#B598B9#B29BB5#B09FB2#ADA2AE#ABA5AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #97BF92:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.66:1 Fails
Against black text7.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #BA91BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BA91BF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BA91BF: ·

How #BA91BF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A8A8B4Deuteranopia · #ABAEB1Tritanopia · #B8ABA9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BA91BF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffdfd6
#FFDFD6 · #E3A5C7 · #B692C2 · #694F8E
Palette Fdf4f5
#FDF4F5 · #E8A0BF · #BA90C6 · #C0DBEA
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF
Gentle Cascade
#4E4B71 · #BA99BD · #B46D81 · #7F5E35
Electric Ruby Zephyr
#B292BD · #8A4372 · #AF585E · #72624F
Dreamy Ruby Tempest
#849FB0 · #665BA3 · #B592B8 · #A24460

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B692C2#BA90C6#BE8ABF#BA99BD#B292BD#B592B8#BB9CC0#B690CC#BC8BCC#BE8AB3#C689BD#C68FC8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BA91BE  ·  #BA91C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BA91BF?

#BA91BF is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 186, 145, 191). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BA91BF?

#BA91BF is RGB 186, 145, 191 — HSL 293°, 26%, 66% — CMYK 3%, 24%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #BA91BF?

Its complement is #97BF92; analogous partners are #A392BF and #BF92AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BA91BF for text?

Black text on #BA91BF has a contrast ratio of 7.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.66:1.