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#BC92FF

Amethyst · light cool purple

About #BC92FF

#BC92FF is a light, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 57% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Amethyst and Mauve (ΔE 16.4), with Mauve the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D5FF92 (pale yellow), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green146
Blue255

Closest named colours

Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 16.4
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 19.9
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 23.4

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

Text on #BC92FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #BC92FF.
2.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #BC92FF.
8.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BC92FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BC92FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#74A6FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7DA6FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFA5BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BC92FF?

#BC92FF is a light, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 57% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BC92FF?

Use black text. Black on #BC92FF has a contrast ratio of 8.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BC92FF?

Its complementary colour is #D5FF92, and analogous partners are #929FFF and #F392FF.