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#BE83BA

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #BE83BA

With the hex code #BE83BA, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 51% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Wisteria — a ΔE of 11.8 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #83BE87, a pistachio shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green131
Blue186

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 11.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 15.2
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 20.7

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

Text on #BE83BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #BE83BA.
2.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #BE83BA.
7.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE83BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE83BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8092BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#8E99B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C28797

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE83BA?

With the hex code #BE83BA, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 51% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE83BA?

Use black text. Black on #BE83BA has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE83BA?

Its complementary colour is #83BE87, and analogous partners are #A483BE and #BE839D.