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#BE8FA2

Lilac · light warm pink

About #BE8FA2

With the hex code #BE8FA2, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 56% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Lilac — a ΔE of 13.0 — followed by Old Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #8FBEAB, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green143
Blue162

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 13.0
Old Rose
#C08081 · ΔE 14.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 15.3

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

Text on #BE8FA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE8FA2.
2.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE8FA2.
7.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE8FA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE8FA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9397A3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9E9FA1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C58E95

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE8FA2?

With the hex code #BE8FA2, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 56% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 15% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE8FA2?

Use black text. Black on #BE8FA2 has a contrast ratio of 7.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE8FA2?

Its complementary colour is #8FBEAB, and analogous partners are #BE8FBA and #BE938F.