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#BE8FA5

Lilac · light warm pink

About #BE8FA5

With the hex code #BE8FA5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 56% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 13% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Lilac — a ΔE of 11.6 — followed by Old Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #8FBEA8, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green143
Blue165

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 11.6
Old Rose
#C08081 · ΔE 15.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #BE8FA5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE8FA5.
2.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE8FA5.
7.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE8FA5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE8FA5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9398A6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9E9FA4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C58E96

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE8FA5?

With the hex code #BE8FA5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 56% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 13% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE8FA5?

Use black text. Black on #BE8FA5 has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE8FA5?

Its complementary colour is #8FBEA8, and analogous partners are #BE8FBD and #BE908F.