Palettes / Colors / #BCA9AE

#BCA9AE — Light Dusty Pink

#BCA9AE is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the pink family.

#BCA9AE is a warm-leaning 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 #A9BCB7; it also sits naturally between #BCA9B7 and #BCAEA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 66% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 7% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCA9AE

.text { color: #BCA9AE; }
.background { background-color: #BCA9AE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCA9AE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 169, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(344, 12%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCA9AE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 169, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCA9AE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 169, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCA9AE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCA9AE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9BCB7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCA9AE: #000000.

How #BCA9AE looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCA9AE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCA9AE?

#BCA9AE is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 188, 169, 174). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCA9AE?

#BCA9AE is RGB 188, 169, 174 — HSL 344°, 12%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 7%, 26%.

What colors go with #BCA9AE?

Its complement is #A9BCB7; analogous partners are #BCA9B7 and #BCAEA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCA9AE for text?

Black text on #BCA9AE has a contrast ratio of 9.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.23:1.