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#BA2DFA — Vivid Purple

#BA2DFA 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 #BA2DFA 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.

#BA2DFA 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 #6FFA2E; it also sits naturally between #532EFA and #FA2ED4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BA2DFA · RGB 186, 45, 250

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Color values

HEX#BA2DFA
RGB186, 45, 250
HSL281°, 95%, 58%
HSV281°, 82%, 98%
CMYK26%, 82%, 0%, 2%
XYZ38.44, 19.22, 92.13
Yxy19.22, 0.2567, 0.1283
CIE-Lab50.94, 81.23, -73.75
Hunter Lab43.84, 83.46, -100.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 18% · Blue 98%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 82% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BA2DFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BA2DFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BA2DFA

.text { color: #BA2DFA; }
.background { background-color: #BA2DFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BA2DFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 45, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 95%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BA2DFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 45, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BA2DFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 45, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BA2DFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BA2DFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BA2DFA

#B115F9#A206EA#9005D1#7C05B3#6B049A#590381#450363#34024B#1F012D#0E0114

Tints of #BA2DFA

#C042FA#C756FB#CB65FB#D279FC#D98DFC#DFA1FD#E6B4FD#EBC3FD#F2D7FE#F8EBFE

Tones of #BA2DFA

#B43DEB#AF4BDD#A95ACE#A468C0#9F77B1#9985A3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6FFA2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.34:1 AA large only
Against black text4.84:1 AA

Best text color on #BA2DFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BA2DFA

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 #BA2DFA: ·

How #BA2DFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7D7CC8Deuteranopia · #8590BDTritanopia · #B3A199

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BA2DFA rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#B931FC#C52CF9#BF2EF0#B235FC#B331F1#BF27EB#B13BFF#CC2FF8#B819FA#A823F8#C93DFB#BA33E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BA2DF9  ·  #BA2DFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BA2DFA?

#BA2DFA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 186, 45, 250). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BA2DFA?

#BA2DFA is RGB 186, 45, 250 — HSL 281°, 95%, 58% — CMYK 26%, 82%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BA2DFA?

Its complement is #6FFA2E; analogous partners are #532EFA and #FA2ED4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BA2DFA for text?

Black text on #BA2DFA has a contrast ratio of 4.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.34:1.