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#BC91C1 — Light Dusty Pink

#BC91C1 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 #BC91C1 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.

#BC91C1 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 #95C190; it also sits naturally between #A390C1 and #C190AD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC91C1 · RGB 188, 145, 193

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Color values

HEX#BC91C1
RGB188, 145, 193
HSL294°, 28%, 66%
HSV294°, 25%, 76%
CMYK3%, 25%, 0%, 24%
XYZ40.49, 34.79, 55.03
Yxy34.79, 0.3107, 0.2670
CIE-Lab65.59, 24.55, -18.65
Hunter Lab58.99, 22.81, -17.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 57% · Blue 76%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC91C1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC91C1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC91C1

.text { color: #BC91C1; }
.background { background-color: #BC91C1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC91C1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 145, 193); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(294, 28%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC91C1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 145, 193, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC91C1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 145, 193, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC91C1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC91C1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC91C1

#B07CB6#A469AB#935699#804B86#6D4072#5B355F#482A4B#321D34#1F1221#0C070D

Tints of #BC91C1

#C29AC6#C8A4CC#CEADD1#D3B7D7#D9C1DC#DFCBE2#E5D5E7#EBDEED#F1E8F2#F7F2F8

Tones of #BC91C1

#B993BD#B697BA#B39AB6#B19EB3#AEA1AF#ABA5AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95C190:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.64:1 Fails
Against black text7.96:1 AAA

Best text color on #BC91C1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC91C1

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 #BC91C1: ·

How #BC91C1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A9B5Deuteranopia · #ACAFB3Tritanopia · #BAACAA

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 #BC91C1 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fdf4f5
#FDF4F5 · #E8A0BF · #BA90C6 · #C0DBEA
Palette Ffdfd6
#FFDFD6 · #E3A5C7 · #B692C2 · #694F8E
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF
Gentle Cascade
#4E4B71 · #BA99BD · #B46D81 · #7F5E35
Electric Ruby Zephyr
#B292BD · #8A4372 · #AF585E · #72624F
Palette Fed9ed
#FED9ED · #E7BCDE · #BB9CC0 · #67729D

Similar colors

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

#BA90C6#B692C2#BE8ABF#BA99BD#B292BD#BB9CC0#B592B8#C68FC8#BC8BCC#B690CC#C689BD#C68FCA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC91C0  ·  #BC91C2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC91C1?

#BC91C1 is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 188, 145, 193). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC91C1?

#BC91C1 is RGB 188, 145, 193 — HSL 294°, 28%, 66% — CMYK 3%, 25%, 0%, 24%.

What colors go with #BC91C1?

Its complement is #95C190; analogous partners are #A390C1 and #C190AD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC91C1 for text?

Black text on #BC91C1 has a contrast ratio of 7.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.64:1.