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#BC2FFC — Vivid Purple

#BC2FFC 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 #BC2FFC 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.

#BC2FFC 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 #71FC31; it also sits naturally between #5631FC and #FC31D7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC2FFC · RGB 188, 47, 252

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Color values

HEX#BC2FFC
RGB188, 47, 252
HSL281°, 97%, 59%
HSV281°, 81%, 99%
CMYK25%, 81%, 0%, 1%
XYZ39.33, 19.75, 93.84
Yxy19.75, 0.2572, 0.1292
CIE-Lab51.56, 81.39, -73.85
Hunter Lab44.44, 83.85, -100.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 18% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC2FFC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC2FFC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC2FFC

.text { color: #BC2FFC; }
.background { background-color: #BC2FFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC2FFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 47, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 97%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC2FFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 47, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC2FFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 47, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC2FFC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC2FFC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC2FFC

#B318FB#A604F1#9503D8#8003BA#6F02A1#5A0283#490269#34014B#230132#0E0014

Tints of #BC2FFC

#C245FC#C754FC#CE68FD#D47CFD#DB90FD#E0A0FE#E6B4FE#EDC8FE#F2D7FE#F8EBFF

Tones of #BC2FFC

#B640ED#B14EDF#AC5DD0#A76BC2#A179B4#9C88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #71FC31:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.24:1 AA large only
Against black text4.95:1 AA

Best text color on #BC2FFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC2FFC

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 #BC2FFC: ·

How #BC2FFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7F7ECADeuteranopia · #8792BETritanopia · #B5A39B

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 500 · #D946EFTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC2FFC rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD

Similar colors

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

#B931FC#C52CF9#B235FC#BF2EF0#B331F1#CC2FF8#B13BFF#BF27EB#C93DFB#B242FE#C73CEE#B819FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC2FFB  ·  #BC2FFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC2FFC?

#BC2FFC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 47, 252). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC2FFC?

#BC2FFC is RGB 188, 47, 252 — HSL 281°, 97%, 59% — CMYK 25%, 81%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BC2FFC?

Its complement is #71FC31; analogous partners are #5631FC and #FC31D7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC2FFC for text?

Black text on #BC2FFC has a contrast ratio of 4.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.24:1.