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#BE85BE

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #BE85BE

With the hex code #BE85BE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 52% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Wisteria — a ΔE of 10.7 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #85BE85, 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 7.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green133
Blue190

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 10.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 15.2
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #BE85BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #BE85BE.
2.88:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #BE85BE.
7.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE85BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE85BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8194C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#8F9BBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C28A9A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE85BE?

With the hex code #BE85BE, this is a light pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 52% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE85BE?

Use black text. Black on #BE85BE has a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE85BE?

Its complementary colour is #85BE85, and analogous partners are #A285BE and #BE85A2.