#BE77BA
Wisteria · medium warm pink
About #BE77BA
With the hex code #BE77BA, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 47% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Wisteria and Plum — a ΔE of 17.0 — followed by Plum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #77BE7B, a pistachio shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 6.54:1 (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 #BE77BA?
With the hex code #BE77BA, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 47% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #BE77BA?
Use black text. Black on #BE77BA has a contrast ratio of 6.54:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #BE77BA?
Its complementary colour is #77BE7B, and analogous partners are #9F77BE and #BE7796.