#BE7BAD
Wisteria · light warm pink
About #BE7BAD
With the hex code #BE7BAD, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 48% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Wisteria and Lilac — a ΔE of 16.4 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7BBE8C, a seafoam shade.
In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 6.63:1, 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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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BE7BAD?
With the hex code #BE7BAD, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 48% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #BE7BAD?
Use black text. Black on #BE7BAD has a contrast ratio of 6.63:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #BE7BAD?
Its complementary colour is #7BBE8C, and analogous partners are #AE7BBE and #BE7B8C.