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#BDA1BB

Lilac · light warm pink

About #BDA1BB

With the hex code #BDA1BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 63% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 1% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lilac — a ΔE of 7.5 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A1BDA3, 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 — 8.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green161
Blue187

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 18.7

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

Text on #BDA1BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BDA1BB.
2.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BDA1BB.
8.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDA1BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDA1BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A0A7BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A6ABBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFA3AA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDA1BB?

With the hex code #BDA1BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 63% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 1% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDA1BB?

Use black text. Black on #BDA1BB has a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDA1BB?

Its complementary colour is #A1BDA3, and analogous partners are #B1A1BD and #BDA1AD.