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#BC89FC — Light Vivid Purple

#BC89FC is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #BC89FC 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.

#BC89FC 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 #C8FC88; it also sits naturally between #888DFC and #F688FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BC89FC · RGB 188, 137, 252

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Color values

HEX#BC89FC
RGB188, 137, 252
HSL267°, 95%, 76%
HSV267°, 46%, 99%
CMYK25%, 46%, 0%, 1%
XYZ47.26, 35.61, 96.48
Yxy35.61, 0.2635, 0.1986
CIE-Lab66.22, 41.70, -50.34
Hunter Lab59.67, 40.74, -59.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 54% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BC89FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BC89FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BC89FC

.text { color: #BC89FC; }
.background { background-color: #BC89FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC89FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 137, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(267, 95%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC89FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 137, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC89FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 137, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC89FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC89FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC89FC

#A865FB#9542FA#7F1AF9#6C06EA#5C05C7#4C04A4#3C0381#2A025A#190137#090114

Tints of #BC89FC

#C292FC#C79CFC#CDA5FD#D2AFFD#D8B9FD#DDC3FD#E3CDFE#E9D7FE#EEE1FE#F4EBFE

Tones of #BC89FC

#BD90F3#BE98EB#BEA1E3#BFA9DB#C0B1D2#C1B9CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8FC88:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.59:1 Fails
Against black text8.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #BC89FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC89FC

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 #BC89FC: ·

How #BC89FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A5E0Deuteranopia · #A9ADD9Tritanopia · #B9CAC5

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 #BC89FC rather than the exact color:

Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD

Similar colors

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

#B983FF#B693FE#B088F9#BC7AF9#C77DFF#B799FF#C499F3#A888FF#BA7CE9#B297EC#AE83EA#D195F9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC89FB  ·  #BC89FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC89FC?

#BC89FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 188, 137, 252). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC89FC?

#BC89FC is RGB 188, 137, 252 — HSL 267°, 95%, 76% — CMYK 25%, 46%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BC89FC?

Its complement is #C8FC88; analogous partners are #888DFC and #F688FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC89FC for text?

Black text on #BC89FC has a contrast ratio of 8.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.59:1.