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#BEABC5 — Light Dusty Purple

#BEABC5 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 #BEABC5 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.

#BEABC5 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 #B2C4AB; it also sits naturally between #B1ABC4 and #C4ABBE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEABC5 · RGB 190, 171, 197

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Color values

HEX#BEABC5
RGB190, 171, 197
HSL284°, 18%, 72%
HSV284°, 13%, 77%
CMYK4%, 13%, 0%, 23%
XYZ45.88, 44.10, 58.92
Yxy44.10, 0.3081, 0.2962
CIE-Lab72.30, 11.62, -10.74
Hunter Lab66.41, 10.80, -10.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 77%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 23%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEABC5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEABC5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEABC5

.text { color: #BEABC5; }
.background { background-color: #BEABC5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEABC5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 171, 197); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 18%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEABC5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 171, 197, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEABC5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 171, 197, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEABC5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEABC5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEABC5

#AD96B6#9D81A7#8F6F9B#7C5E87#694F72#56415D#423248#322636#1E1721#0B080C

Tints of #BEABC5

#C2B1C9#C9BACF#CEC0D3#D5C9D9#DACFDE#DED5E2#E5DEE8#EAE4EC#F1EDF2#F6F3F7

Tones of #BEABC5

#BDADC2#BCAEC1#BBB0BF#BAB2BD#B9B4BB#B9B5BA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2C4AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.14:1 Fails
Against black text9.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEABC5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEABC5

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 #BEABC5: ·

How #BEABC5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B6BFDeuteranopia · #B7B8BDTritanopia · #BDBAB9

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 #BEABC5 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Zephyr
#9ACAAD · #A5B3C4 · #BBA3C5 · #7C4B52
Palette F2eae0
#F2EAE0 · #B4D3D9 · #BDA6CE · #9B8EC7
Palette 352f44
#352F44 · #5C5470 · #B9B4C7 · #FAF0E6
Royal Harbor
#67BC7E · #5B8CA9 · #B5A5C6 · #C47E9B
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEABC4  ·  #BEABC6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEABC5?

#BEABC5 is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 171, 197). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEABC5?

#BEABC5 is RGB 190, 171, 197 — HSL 284°, 18%, 72% — CMYK 4%, 13%, 0%, 23%.

What colors go with #BEABC5?

Its complement is #B2C4AB; analogous partners are #B1ABC4 and #C4ABBE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEABC5 for text?

Black text on #BEABC5 has a contrast ratio of 9.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.14:1.