ColorXprez

#BE92AE

Lilac · light warm pink

About #BE92AE

With the hex code #BE92AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 57% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 8% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Lilac — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #92BEA2, a 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 7.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red190
Green146
Blue174

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 8.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 16.7
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.1

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

Text on #BE92AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE92AE.
2.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #BE92AE.
7.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE92AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE92AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#949BAF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9EA1AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3939B

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE92AE?

With the hex code #BE92AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 57% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 8% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE92AE?

Use black text. Black on #BE92AE has a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE92AE?

Its complementary colour is #92BEA2, and analogous partners are #B892BE and #BE9298.