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#BC72FE — Light Vivid Purple

#BC72FE 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 #BC72FE 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.

#BC72FE 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 #B3FE71; it also sits naturally between #7671FE and #FE71FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC72FE · RGB 188, 114, 254

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Color values

HEX#BC72FE
RGB188, 114, 254
HSL272°, 99%, 72%
HSV272°, 55%, 100%
CMYK26%, 55%, 0%, 0%
XYZ44.65, 29.88, 97.18
Yxy29.88, 0.2600, 0.1740
CIE-Lab61.55, 54.40, -58.85
Hunter Lab54.66, 53.89, -72.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 45% · Blue 100%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC72FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC72FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC72FE

.text { color: #BC72FE; }
.background { background-color: #BC72FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC72FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 114, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(272, 99%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC72FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 114, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC72FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 114, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC72FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC72FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC72FE

#AC4DFE#9B2AFE#8D0BFE#7A01E4#6701C1#54019D#41017A#31005B#1E0038#0B0014

Tints of #BC72FE

#C17BFE#C88AFE#CD94FE#D4A4FF#D9AEFF#DEB8FF#E5C7FF#EAD1FF#F1E1FF#F5EBFF

Tones of #BC72FE

#BC7BF4#BB85EA#BA8FE0#BA9AD6#B9A4CC#B8AEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3FE71:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.01:1 AA large only
Against black text6.98:1 AA

Best text color on #BC72FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC72FE

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 #BC72FE: ·

How #BC72FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9C9BDCDeuteranopia · #A0A6D4Tritanopia · #B8C1BC

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC72FE rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Dusty Whisper
#BA68EE · #5A1287 · #4B0F71 · #2D0943

Similar colors

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

#BC7AF9#B767FF#BC6FF1#C77DFF#B983FF#BA68EE#B15EFF#B375E9#BA7CE9#B96FE7#AA72EF#AE72EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC72FD  ·  #BC72FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC72FE?

#BC72FE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 114, 254). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC72FE?

#BC72FE is RGB 188, 114, 254 — HSL 272°, 99%, 72% — CMYK 26%, 55%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BC72FE?

Its complement is #B3FE71; analogous partners are #7671FE and #FE71FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC72FE for text?

Black text on #BC72FE has a contrast ratio of 6.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.01:1.