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#BA2BF4 — Vivid Purple

#BA2BF4 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #BA2BF4 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.

#BA2BF4 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #63F42A; it also sits naturally between #562AF4 and #F42AC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BA2BF4 · RGB 186, 43, 244

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Color values

HEX#BA2BF4
RGB186, 43, 244
HSL283°, 90%, 56%
HSV283°, 82%, 96%
CMYK24%, 82%, 0%, 4%
XYZ37.44, 18.70, 87.22
Yxy18.70, 0.2612, 0.1304
CIE-Lab50.33, 80.62, -71.38
Hunter Lab43.24, 82.49, -95.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 17% · Blue 96%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 82% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BA2BF4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BA2BF4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BA2BF4

.text { color: #BA2BF4; }
.background { background-color: #BA2BF4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BA2BF4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 43, 244); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 90%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BA2BF4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 43, 244, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BA2BF4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 43, 244, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BA2BF4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BA2BF4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BA2BF4

#B312F3#A30CDF#8E0AC2#7C09AA#6A0891#590679#470561#320444#20022C#0E0113

Tints of #BA2BF4

#C13DF5#C751F6#CD64F7#D377F8#DA8BF9#E09EFA#E6B1FB#ECC5FC#F3D8FD#F9ECFE

Tones of #BA2BF4

#B438E5#AE47D7#A856C8#A263BB#9B72AC#95809D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #63F42A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.43:1 AA large only
Against black text4.74:1 AA

Best text color on #BA2BF4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BA2BF4

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 #BA2BF4: ·

How #BA2BF4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7C7BC3Deuteranopia · #848FB8Tritanopia · #B39D95

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:

Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BA2BF4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC

Similar colors

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

#BF2EF0#B331F1#B931FC#BF27EB#C52CF9#B235FC#BA33E4#C424E6#CC2FF8#B819FA#C72CE6#A823F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BA2BF3  ·  #BA2BF5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BA2BF4?

#BA2BF4 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 186, 43, 244). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BA2BF4?

#BA2BF4 is RGB 186, 43, 244 — HSL 283°, 90%, 56% — CMYK 24%, 82%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #BA2BF4?

Its complement is #63F42A; analogous partners are #562AF4 and #F42AC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BA2BF4 for text?

Black text on #BA2BF4 has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.43:1.