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#BC78FD — Light Vivid Purple

#BC78FD 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 #BC78FD 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.

#BC78FD 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 #B8FD77; it also sits naturally between #7A77FD and #FD77FB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC78FD · RGB 188, 120, 253

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Color values

HEX#BC78FD
RGB188, 120, 253
HSL271°, 97%, 73%
HSV271°, 53%, 99%
CMYK26%, 53%, 0%, 1%
XYZ45.19, 31.22, 96.57
Yxy31.22, 0.2612, 0.1805
CIE-Lab62.69, 51.05, -56.49
Hunter Lab55.87, 50.36, -68.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 47% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC78FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC78FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC78FD

.text { color: #BC78FD; }
.background { background-color: #BC78FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC78FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 120, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 97%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC78FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 120, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC78FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 120, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC78FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC78FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC78FD

#AB54FC#9A31FC#890EFB#7603E2#6703C4#5402A1#42027E#2F015A#1D0137#0B0014

Tints of #BC78FD

#C181FD#C990FD#CE9BFD#D3A5FE#DAB4FE#DFBEFE#E4C8FE#E9D2FE#F0E1FF#F5EBFF

Tones of #BC78FD

#BC81F3#BC8BEA#BB94E0#BB9DD7#BBA7CD#BAB1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B8FD77:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.90:1 Fails
Against black text7.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #BC78FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC78FD

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 #BC78FD: ·

How #BC78FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9F9EDDDeuteranopia · #A3A8D5Tritanopia · #B9C3BE

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 #BC78FD rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC78FC  ·  #BC78FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC78FD?

#BC78FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 120, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC78FD?

#BC78FD is RGB 188, 120, 253 — HSL 271°, 97%, 73% — CMYK 26%, 53%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BC78FD?

Its complement is #B8FD77; analogous partners are #7A77FD and #FD77FB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC78FD for text?

Black text on #BC78FD has a contrast ratio of 7.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.90:1.