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#BB90BF — Light Dusty Pink

#BB90BF 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 #BB90BF 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.

#BB90BF 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 #95C091; it also sits naturally between #A491C0 and #C091AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB90BF · RGB 187, 144, 191

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Color values

HEX#BB90BF
RGB187, 144, 191
HSL295°, 27%, 66%
HSV295°, 25%, 75%
CMYK2%, 25%, 0%, 25%
XYZ39.87, 34.27, 53.80
Yxy34.27, 0.3116, 0.2679
CIE-Lab65.18, 24.38, -18.16
Hunter Lab58.54, 22.60, -17.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 56% · Blue 75%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB90BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB90BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB90BF

.text { color: #BB90BF; }
.background { background-color: #BB90BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB90BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 144, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(295, 27%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB90BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 144, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB90BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 144, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB90BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB90BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB90BF

#B07DB5#A46AA9#935798#804C85#6D4171#5B365E#482B4A#321E34#1F1320#0C070D

Tints of #BB90BF

#C29BC5#C8A4CB#CEAED0#D4B8D6#D9C1DC#DFCBE1#E5D5E7#EBDFEC#F1E8F2#F7F2F8

Tones of #BB90BF

#B994BC#B698B9#B39BB5#B19EB3#AEA1AF#ABA5AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95C091:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.67:1 Fails
Against black text7.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #BB90BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB90BF

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 #BB90BF: ·

How #BB90BF 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 · #B9ABA9

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 #BB90BF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffdfd6
#FFDFD6 · #E3A5C7 · #B692C2 · #694F8E
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF
Palette Fdf4f5
#FDF4F5 · #E8A0BF · #BA90C6 · #C0DBEA
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#BE8ABF#BA90C6#BA99BD#B292BD#B592B8#BB9CC0#C689BD#BE8AB3#B690CC#BC8BCC#C68FC8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB90BE  ·  #BB90C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB90BF?

#BB90BF is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 187, 144, 191). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB90BF?

#BB90BF is RGB 187, 144, 191 — HSL 295°, 27%, 66% — CMYK 2%, 25%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #BB90BF?

Its complement is #95C091; analogous partners are #A491C0 and #C091AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB90BF for text?

Black text on #BB90BF has a contrast ratio of 7.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.67:1.