ColorXprez

#BF9FA3

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #BF9FA3

With the hex code #BF9FA3, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 62% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #9FBFBB, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red191
Green159
Blue163

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.8
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #BF9FA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BF9FA3.
2.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BF9FA3.
8.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BF9FA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BF9FA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A4A3A3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABA9A2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C69DA0

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BF9FA3?

With the hex code #BF9FA3, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 62% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BF9FA3?

Use black text. Black on #BF9FA3 has a contrast ratio of 8.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BF9FA3?

Its complementary colour is #9FBFBB, and analogous partners are #BF9FB3 and #BFAB9F.