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#BC4BEC — Vivid Purple

#BC4BEC is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #BC4BEC 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.

#BC4BEC 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 #7BEC4B; it also sits naturally between #6B4BEC and #EC4BCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC4BEC · RGB 188, 75, 236

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Color values

HEX#BC4BEC
RGB188, 75, 236
HSL282°, 81%, 61%
HSV282°, 68%, 93%
CMYK20%, 68%, 0%, 7%
XYZ38.40, 21.78, 81.54
Yxy21.78, 0.2709, 0.1537
CIE-Lab53.79, 68.79, -61.29
Hunter Lab46.67, 68.75, -76.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 29% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 68% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC4BEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC4BEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC4BEC

.text { color: #BC4BEC; }
.background { background-color: #BC4BEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC4BEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 75, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 81%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC4BEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 75, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC4BEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 75, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC4BEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC4BEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC4BEC

#B12FE9#A918E7#9515CB#8012AF#6F1098#5B0D7D#470A61#330745#22052E#0E0212

Tints of #BC4BEC

#C35DEE#C86BEF#CF7EF1#D48CF3#DB9EF5#E0ACF6#E7BEF8#ECCCFA#F3DFFC#F8EDFD

Tones of #BC4BEC

#B757E0#B362D5#AE6EC9#A979BE#A585B2#A090A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7BEC4B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.92:1 AA large only
Against black text5.36:1 AA

Best text color on #BC4BEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC4BEC

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 #BC4BEC: ·

How #BC4BEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8B8AC5Deuteranopia · #929ABCTritanopia · #B6A6A0

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC4BEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6

Similar colors

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

#C147E9#BD4DE4#B44DEF#BC53E3#C94EEF#B958E2#AA4CF0#BA52DB#C73CEE#AD49E1#A94AEC#AA44E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC4BEB  ·  #BC4BED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC4BEC?

#BC4BEC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 75, 236). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC4BEC?

#BC4BEC is RGB 188, 75, 236 — HSL 282°, 81%, 61% — CMYK 20%, 68%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BC4BEC?

Its complement is #7BEC4B; analogous partners are #6B4BEC and #EC4BCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC4BEC for text?

Black text on #BC4BEC has a contrast ratio of 5.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.92:1.