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#BC6EEE — Light Vivid Purple

#BC6EEE is a purple color we call Light 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 #BC6EEE 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.

#BC6EEE 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 #9EEE6D; it also sits naturally between #7C6DEE and #EE6DDF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC6EEE · RGB 188, 110, 238

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Color values

HEX#BC6EEE
RGB188, 110, 238
HSL277°, 79%, 68%
HSV277°, 54%, 93%
CMYK21%, 54%, 0%, 7%
XYZ41.75, 28.02, 84.10
Yxy28.02, 0.2713, 0.1821
CIE-Lab59.90, 52.90, -52.63
Hunter Lab52.93, 51.80, -62.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 43% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC6EEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC6EEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC6EEE

.text { color: #BC6EEE; }
.background { background-color: #BC6EEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC6EEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 110, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 79%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC6EEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 110, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC6EEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 110, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC6EEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC6EEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC6EEE

#B052EB#A132E7#941AE0#7F16C0#6D13A4#5B1089#450C69#33094E#1E052E#0C0212

Tints of #BC6EEE

#C37BEF#C988F1#CD91F2#D39FF4#DAADF5#E0BBF7#E6C8F9#EAD1FA#F0DFFB#F7EDFD

Tones of #BC6EEE

#BA76E5#B880DB#B689D2#B492C9#B29BC0#AFA4B6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EEE6D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.18:1 AA large only
Against black text6.60:1 AA

Best text color on #BC6EEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC6EEE

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 #BC6EEE: ·

How #BC6EEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9A9ACFDeuteranopia · #9FA5C8Tritanopia · #B8B7B1

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC6EEE rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Dusty Whisper
#BA68EE · #5A1287 · #4B0F71 · #2D0943
Dusty Mirage
#4126C4 · #B96FE7 · #D839D0 · #DC197B
Palette 4635b1
#4635B1 · #B771E5 · #AEEA94 · #FFFBCA
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2

Similar colors

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

#BC6FF1#BA68EE#B96FE7#B771E5#B375E9#AE72EB#BA7CE9#C260EF#B779E4#B961E5#BC7AF9#C06ADD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC6EED  ·  #BC6EEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC6EEE?

#BC6EEE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 110, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC6EEE?

#BC6EEE is RGB 188, 110, 238 — HSL 277°, 79%, 68% — CMYK 21%, 54%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BC6EEE?

Its complement is #9EEE6D; analogous partners are #7C6DEE and #EE6DDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC6EEE for text?

Black text on #BC6EEE has a contrast ratio of 6.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.18:1.