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#BEAFCF — Light Dusty Purple

#BEAFCF 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 #BEAFCF 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.

#BEAFCF 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 #C0CFAF; it also sits naturally between #AFB0CF and #CEAFCF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEAFCF · RGB 190, 175, 207

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Color values

HEX#BEAFCF
RGB190, 175, 207
HSL268°, 25%, 75%
HSV268°, 15%, 81%
CMYK8%, 15%, 0%, 19%
XYZ47.83, 46.11, 65.41
Yxy46.11, 0.3001, 0.2894
CIE-Lab73.62, 11.41, -14.24
Hunter Lab67.91, 10.68, -13.78

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

CSS code for #BEAFCF

.text { color: #BEAFCF; }
.background { background-color: #BEAFCF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEAFCF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 175, 207); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 25%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEAFCF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 175, 207, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEAFCF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 175, 207, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEAFCF

#AC99C2#9A83B4#886CA7#765A96#644D80#503D66#3F3050#2D2239#1C1523#0A080D

Tints of #BEAFCF

#C3B6D3#C9BCD7#CEC2DB#D3C9DE#DBD2E4#E0D9E8#E5DFEC#EAE6F0#EFECF4#F5F2F7

Tones of #BEAFCF

#BEB2CD#BEB4CB#BFB6C8#BFB8C6#BFBBC4#BFBDC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0CFAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.05:1 Fails
Against black text10.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEAFCF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEAFCF

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 #BEAFCF: ·

How #BEAFCF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B7C7Deuteranopia · #B8BAC5Tritanopia · #BDC1C0

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 #BEAFCF rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEAFCE  ·  #BEAFD0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEAFCF?

#BEAFCF is Light Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 190, 175, 207). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEAFCF?

#BEAFCF is RGB 190, 175, 207 — HSL 268°, 25%, 75% — CMYK 8%, 15%, 0%, 19%.

What colors go with #BEAFCF?

Its complement is #C0CFAF; analogous partners are #AFB0CF and #CEAFCF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEAFCF for text?

Black text on #BEAFCF has a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.05:1.