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#BEACBD

Thistle · light warm pink

About #BEACBD

#BEACBD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 67% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 1% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.1); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACBEAD — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #BEACBD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green172
Blue189

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #BEACBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BEACBD.
2.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BEACBD.
9.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEACBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABB0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AFB2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFADB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEACBD?

#BEACBD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 67% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 1% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #BEACBD?

Use black text. Black on #BEACBD has a contrast ratio of 9.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEACBD?

Its complementary colour is #ACBEAD, and analogous partners are #B6ACBE and #BEACB4.