#BE6FA4
Plum · medium warm pink
About #BE6FA4
With the hex code #BE6FA4, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 44% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Plum and Wisteria — a ΔE of 17.9 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6FBE89, a seafoam shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 6.00:1 (a WCAG AA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #BE6FA4?
With the hex code #BE6FA4, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 44% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 42% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #BE6FA4?
Use black text. Black on #BE6FA4 has a contrast ratio of 6.00:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #BE6FA4?
Its complementary colour is #6FBE89, and analogous partners are #B16FBE and #BE6F7D.