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#BEA7AE

Dusty Rose · light warm pink

About #BEA7AE

With the hex code #BEA7AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 65% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 8% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A7BEB7, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green167
Blue174

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #BEA7AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BEA7AE.
2.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BEA7AE.
9.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEA7AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEA7AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A9ABAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AEAEAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2A6A9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEA7AE?

With the hex code #BEA7AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 65% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 8% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEA7AE?

Use black text. Black on #BEA7AE has a contrast ratio of 9.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEA7AE?

Its complementary colour is #A7BEB7, and analogous partners are #BEA7BA and #BEABA7.