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#BEABC4 — Light Dusty Purple

#BEABC4 is a purple color we call Light Dusty Purple, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BEABC4 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEABC4 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B1C4AB; it also sits naturally between #B2ABC4 and #C4ABBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEABC4 · RGB 190, 171, 196

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Color values

HEX#BEABC4
RGB190, 171, 196
HSL286°, 17%, 72%
HSV286°, 13%, 77%
CMYK3%, 13%, 0%, 23%
XYZ45.76, 44.06, 58.32
Yxy44.06, 0.3089, 0.2974
CIE-Lab72.27, 11.42, -10.24
Hunter Lab66.38, 10.62, -9.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 77%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 23%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BEABC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEABC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEABC4

.text { color: #BEABC4; }
.background { background-color: #BEABC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEABC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 171, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 17%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEABC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 171, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEABC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 171, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEABC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEABC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEABC4

#AE97B5#9E82A6#907099#7D5F86#6A5071#56425C#433348#322636#1F1721#0B080C

Tints of #BEABC4

#C3B1C8#CABACE#CEC0D3#D5C9D9#DACFDD#DFD5E1#E5DEE8#EAE4EC#F1EDF2#F6F3F7

Tones of #BEABC4

#BDADC2#BCAFC0#BBB0BF#BAB3BD#BAB4BB#B8B6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B1C4AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.14:1 Fails
Against black text9.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEABC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEABC4

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEABC4: ·

How #BEABC4 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B6B6BEDeuteranopia · #B7B8BDTritanopia · #BDB9B8

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEABC4 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Zephyr
#9ACAAD · #A5B3C4 · #BBA3C5 · #7C4B52
Palette 352f44
#352F44 · #5C5470 · #B9B4C7 · #FAF0E6
Royal Harbor
#67BC7E · #5B8CA9 · #B5A5C6 · #C47E9B
Palette F2eae0
#F2EAE0 · #B4D3D9 · #BDA6CE · #9B8EC7
Tranquil Ruby Horizon
#6EC3AA · #456C94 · #746498 · #C1A1BE
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BBA3C5#B9B4C7#B5A5C6#BDA6CE#C1A1BE#C5B0CD#B5A3C8#C3ACD0#C5AAB9#C9A3C3#C6A6BA#B5A3CB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEABC3  ·  #BEABC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEABC4?

#BEABC4 is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 171, 196). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEABC4?

#BEABC4 is RGB 190, 171, 196 — HSL 286°, 17%, 72% — CMYK 3%, 13%, 0%, 23%.

What colors go with #BEABC4?

Its complement is #B1C4AB; analogous partners are #B2ABC4 and #C4ABBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEABC4 for text?

Black text on #BEABC4 has a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.14:1.