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#BCA5AF

Dusty Rose · light warm pink

About #BCA5AF

With the hex code #BCA5AF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 65% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 7% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 11.6 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5BCB2, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green165
Blue175

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BCA5AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BCA5AF.
2.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BCA5AF.
9.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCA5AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCA5AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7A9AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ACACAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0A5A8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCA5AF?

With the hex code #BCA5AF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 65% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 7% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCA5AF?

Use black text. Black on #BCA5AF has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCA5AF?

Its complementary colour is #A5BCB2, and analogous partners are #BCA5BA and #BCA7A5.