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#BEAEB9

Silver · light warm gray

About #BEAEB9

With the hex code #BEAEB9, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 9.8 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AEBEB3, 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 — 9.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green174
Blue185

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #BEAEB9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #BEAEB9.
2.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #BEAEB9.
9.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEAEB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEAEB9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AEB1B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B2B3B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0AEB2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEAEB9?

With the hex code #BEAEB9, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEAEB9?

Use black text. Black on #BEAEB9 has a contrast ratio of 9.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEAEB9?

Its complementary colour is #AEBEB3, and analogous partners are #BBAEBE and #BEAEB1.