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#BDA3BF

Lilac · light cool pink

About #BDA3BF

With the hex code #BDA3BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 64% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lilac — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5BFA3, 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 — 9.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green163
Blue191

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.3
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.0

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

Text on #BDA3BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BDA3BF.
2.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BDA3BF.
9.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDA3BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDA3BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A1A9C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A6ACBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEA5AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDA3BF?

With the hex code #BDA3BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 64% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDA3BF?

Use black text. Black on #BDA3BF has a contrast ratio of 9.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDA3BF?

Its complementary colour is #A5BFA3, and analogous partners are #AFA3BF and #BFA3B3.