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#BC76FB — Light Vivid Purple

#BC76FB 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 #BC76FB 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.

#BC76FB 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 #B3FB74; it also sits naturally between #7974FB and #FB74F6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC76FB · RGB 188, 118, 251

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Color values

HEX#BC76FB
RGB188, 118, 251
HSL272°, 94%, 72%
HSV272°, 53%, 98%
CMYK25%, 53%, 0%, 2%
XYZ44.63, 30.61, 94.82
Yxy30.61, 0.2624, 0.1800
CIE-Lab62.18, 51.65, -56.20
Hunter Lab55.33, 50.91, -68.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 46% · Blue 98%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC76FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC76FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC76FB

.text { color: #BC76FB; }
.background { background-color: #BC76FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC76FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 118, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(272, 94%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC76FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 118, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC76FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 118, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC76FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC76FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC76FB

#AB52FA#9B2FF9#8C12F8#7A07DF#6706BC#540599#410477#310359#1E0236#0B0114

Tints of #BC76FB

#C17EFB#C88DFB#CD97FC#D4A6FC#D9B0FD#DEBAFD#E5C9FD#E9D2FE#F1E1FE#F5EBFE

Tones of #BC76FB

#BB7EF1#BB88E7#BA91DE#BA9BD4#B9A4CB#B8AEC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3FB74:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.95:1 Fails
Against black text7.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #BC76FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC76FB

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 #BC76FB: ·

How #BC76FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9E9DDBDeuteranopia · #A2A7D3Tritanopia · #B9C1BC

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 #BC76FB rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B

Similar colors

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

#BC7AF9#BC6FF1#C77DFF#B983FF#B767FF#BA7CE9#BA68EE#B375E9#B96FE7#AE72EB#B088F9#AA72EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC76FA  ·  #BC76FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC76FB?

#BC76FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 118, 251). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC76FB?

#BC76FB is RGB 188, 118, 251 — HSL 272°, 94%, 72% — CMYK 25%, 53%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #BC76FB?

Its complement is #B3FB74; analogous partners are #7974FB and #FB74F6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC76FB for text?

Black text on #BC76FB has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.95:1.