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#BC24EB — Vivid Purple

#BC24EB is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #BC24EB 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.

#BC24EB 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 #52EB24; it also sits naturally between #5924EB and #EB24B6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC24EB · RGB 188, 36, 235

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Color values

HEX#BC24EB
RGB188, 36, 235
HSL286°, 83%, 53%
HSV286°, 85%, 92%
CMYK20%, 85%, 0%, 8%
XYZ36.37, 17.95, 80.15
Yxy17.95, 0.2705, 0.1335
CIE-Lab49.44, 80.93, -67.76
Hunter Lab42.37, 82.62, -88.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 14% · Blue 92%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 85% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC24EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC24EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC24EB

.text { color: #BC24EB; }
.background { background-color: #BC24EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC24EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 36, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 83%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC24EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 36, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC24EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 36, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC24EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC24EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC24EB

#B115E0#9E13C9#8C10B1#790E9A#6B0D87#580A70#460859#340641#21042A#0F0213

Tints of #BC24EB

#C236EC#C94EEF#CF60F0#D473F2#DB8AF4#E19DF6#E7B0F8#EDC2F9#F4DAFC#F9ECFD

Tones of #BC24EB

#B532DC#AD40CE#A54FBF#9E5CB2#966AA4#8F7996

Color harmonies

Complementary — #52EB24:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.57:1 AA
Against black text4.59:1 AA

Best text color on #BC24EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC24EB

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 #BC24EB: ·

How #BC24EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7A79BBDeuteranopia · #838EAFTritanopia · #B4958C

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 #BC24EB rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Silent Aurora
#0F25B4 · #733ADD · #C424E6 · #E958BE
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Crystal Lagoon
#5BE0E2 · #1D67E4 · #3917A7 · #C725E5
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B

Similar colors

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

#BF27EB#C424E6#BF2EF0#C725E5#C72CE6#BA33E4#B331F1#B81FDA#C52CF9#B819FA#B927D8#C735E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC24EA  ·  #BC24EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC24EB?

#BC24EB is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 36, 235). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC24EB?

#BC24EB is RGB 188, 36, 235 — HSL 286°, 83%, 53% — CMYK 20%, 85%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BC24EB?

Its complement is #52EB24; analogous partners are #5924EB and #EB24B6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC24EB for text?

Black text on #BC24EB has a contrast ratio of 4.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.57:1.