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#BE92FF

Amethyst · light cool purple

About #BE92FF

With the hex code #BE92FF, this is a light purple with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 57% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Amethyst and Mauve — a ΔE of 16.4 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D3FF92, a pale yellow shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green146
Blue255

Closest named colours

Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 16.4
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 19.8
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 22.9

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

Text on #BE92FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #BE92FF.
2.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #BE92FF.
8.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BE92FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BE92FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#74A7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7EA7FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2A5BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BE92FF?

With the hex code #BE92FF, this is a light purple with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 57% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BE92FF?

Use black text. Black on #BE92FF has a contrast ratio of 8.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BE92FF?

Its complementary colour is #D3FF92, and analogous partners are #929CFF and #F492FF.