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#C093FF

Amethyst · light cool purple

About #C093FF

With the hex code #C093FF, this is a light purple with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 58% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 42% 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 16.7 — followed by Mauve. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D2FF93, 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 — 8.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red192
Green147
Blue255

Closest named colours

Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 16.7
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 19.0
Orchid
#DA70D6 · ΔE 22.6

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

Text on #C093FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #C093FF.
2.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #C093FF.
8.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C093FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C093FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#76A7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#80A8FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5A5BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C093FF?

With the hex code #C093FF, this is a light purple with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 58% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C093FF?

Use black text. Black on #C093FF has a contrast ratio of 8.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C093FF?

Its complementary colour is #D2FF93, and analogous partners are #939CFF and #F693FF.