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#BF92BA — Light Dusty Pink

#BF92BA 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 #BF92BA 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.

#BF92BA 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 #92BF97; it also sits naturally between #AE92BF and #BF92A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF92BA · RGB 191, 146, 186

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Color values

HEX#BF92BA
RGB191, 146, 186
HSL307°, 26%, 66%
HSV307°, 24%, 75%
CMYK0%, 24%, 3%, 25%
XYZ40.63, 35.18, 51.10
Yxy35.18, 0.3201, 0.2772
CIE-Lab65.89, 23.68, -14.24
Hunter Lab59.31, 21.98, -13.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 57% · Blue 73%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF92BA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF92BA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF92BA

.text { color: #BF92BA; }
.background { background-color: #BF92BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF92BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 146, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(307, 26%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF92BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 146, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF92BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 146, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF92BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF92BA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF92BA

#B47EAD#A86BA1#975990#844D7D#70426B#5D3759#4A2B46#331E31#20131F#0D080C

Tints of #BF92BA

#C59BC0#CAA5C6#D0AFCC#D5B8D2#DBC2D8#E1CCDE#E6D5E4#ECDFEB#F2E9F1#F7F2F7

Tones of #BF92BA

#BB95B7#B998B5#B59BB2#B29FB0#AEA2AD#ACA5AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #92BF97:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.61:1 Fails
Against black text8.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #BF92BA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF92BA

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 #BF92BA: ·

How #BF92BA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACABB0Deuteranopia · #AEB2AETritanopia · #BDA9A7

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF92BA rather than the exact color:

Gentle Cascade
#4E4B71 · #BA99BD · #B46D81 · #7F5E35
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF
Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Dreamy Ruby Tempest
#849FB0 · #665BA3 · #B592B8 · #A24460
Tender Ember
#3A487A · #6A3E96 · #BE8AB3 · #823F44
Tender Ruby Ember
#458468 · #648297 · #60479E · #C689BD

Similar colors

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

#BA99BD#BE8ABF#C599B6#B592B8#BE8AB3#C689BD#B692C2#CB93B8#BB9CC0#BB9AB1#BD88B2#BA90C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF92B9  ·  #BF92BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF92BA?

#BF92BA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 191, 146, 186). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF92BA?

#BF92BA is RGB 191, 146, 186 — HSL 307°, 26%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 24%, 3%, 25%.

What colors go with #BF92BA?

Its complement is #92BF97; analogous partners are #AE92BF and #BF92A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF92BA for text?

Black text on #BF92BA has a contrast ratio of 8.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.61:1.