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#BEAFCE — Light Dusty Purple

#BEAFCE 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 #BEAFCE 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.

#BEAFCE 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 #C0CFB0; it also sits naturally between #B0B0CF and #CEB0CF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEAFCE · RGB 190, 175, 206

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Color values

HEX#BEAFCE
RGB190, 175, 206
HSL269°, 24%, 75%
HSV269°, 15%, 81%
CMYK8%, 15%, 0%, 19%
XYZ47.71, 46.06, 64.77
Yxy46.06, 0.3009, 0.2906
CIE-Lab73.59, 11.21, -13.74
Hunter Lab67.87, 10.48, -13.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 69% · Blue 81%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEAFCE

.text { color: #BEAFCE; }
.background { background-color: #BEAFCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEAFCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 175, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(269, 24%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEAFCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 175, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEAFCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 175, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEAFCE

#AD9AC1#9B84B3#896EA6#775B95#654E7E#513E65#3F304F#2E2339#1C1523#0A080D

Tints of #BEAFCE

#C4B6D2#C9BDD6#CEC3DA#D3C9DE#DBD3E4#E0D9E8#E5DFEC#EAE6EF#F0ECF3#F5F2F7

Tones of #BEAFCE

#BFB2CD#BFB4CA#BFB6C8#BFB9C6#BFBBC4#BFBDC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0CFB0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.06:1 Fails
Against black text10.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEAFCE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEAFCE

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 #BEAFCE: ·

How #BEAFCE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B7C6Deuteranopia · #B8BAC5Tritanopia · #BDC1BF

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 · #A855F7Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #674188
Palette Fffbf5
#FFFBF5 · #F7EFE5 · #C3ACD0 · #7743DB
Palette F3e2d4
#F3E2D4 · #C5B0CD · #415E72 · #17313E
Palette F2eae0
#F2EAE0 · #B4D3D9 · #BDA6CE · #9B8EC7
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette Ffd5cd
#FFD5CD · #EFBBCF · #C3AED6 · #8675A9

Similar colors

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

#C3ACD0#C5B0CD#BDA6CE#C5B3D3#C3AED6#B9B4C7#C7AED6#C8ACD6#BBA3C5#B5A3CB#B5A5C6#C5B8D9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEAFCD  ·  #BEAFCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEAFCE?

#BEAFCE is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 175, 206). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEAFCE?

#BEAFCE is RGB 190, 175, 206 — HSL 269°, 24%, 75% — CMYK 8%, 15%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #BEAFCE?

Its complement is #C0CFB0; analogous partners are #B0B0CF and #CEB0CF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEAFCE for text?

Black text on #BEAFCE has a contrast ratio of 10.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.