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#BD00A5 — Vivid Pink

#BD00A5 is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color MediumVioletRed (#C71585). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mediumvioletred (#C71585) — not an exact match. CSS mediumvioletred gives you #C71585, a different color; use #BD00A5 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.

#BD00A5 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. 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 #00BD19; it also sits naturally between #7800BD and #BD0045. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD00A5 · RGB 189, 0, 165

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Color values

HEX#BD00A5
RGB189, 0, 165
HSL308°, 100%, 37%
HSV308°, 100%, 74%
CMYK0%, 100%, 13%, 26%
XYZ27.78, 13.54, 36.75
Yxy13.54, 0.3559, 0.1734
CIE-Lab43.56, 75.09, -36.56
Hunter Lab36.79, 73.50, -36.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 0% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 13% · Key 26%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BD00A5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD00A5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD00A5

.text { color: #BD00A5; }
.background { background-color: #BD00A5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD00A5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 0, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(308, 100%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD00A5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 0, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD00A5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 0, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD00A5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD00A5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD00A5

#AD0096#990085#8A0077#7A006A#6B005D#57004B#47003E#380031#24001F#140012

Tints of #BD00A5

#DB00BE#FA00D9#FF1AE0#FF38E4#FF57E9#FF70EC#FF8FF0#FFADF4#FFCCF8#FFEBFC

Tones of #BD00A5

#AF0D9A#A11B8F#942986#87367C#7A4372#6C5168

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00BD19:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.66:1 AA
Against black text3.71:1 AA large only

Best text color on #BD00A5: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD00A5

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 #BD00A5: ·

How #BD00A5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6B697DDeuteranopia · #768473Tritanopia · #B45E57

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:

Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BD00A5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 8100d1
#8100D1 · #B500B2 · #FF52A0 · #FFA47F
Palette F5eeee
#F5EEEE · #EA21A2 · #AF05AA · #171313
Silent Ember
#BA12A6 · #EA235E · #F0895F · #F7EDA9
Ruby Cascade
#5003C0 · #AB03A9 · #FF467A · #FFD51E
Tranquil Ember
#B20FA7 · #B9197D · #41081B · #BB1316
Radiant Ruby Horizon
#850FA5 · #C511A6 · #DC136B · #E5252F

Similar colors

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

#B500B2#AF05AA#BA12A6#AB03A9#B20FA7#C511A6#CA13AA#C21292#B30F90#B61AAE#C51B9F#CE17AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD00A4  ·  #BD00A6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD00A5?

#BD00A5 is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 189, 0, 165). Its closest standard named color is MediumVioletRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD00A5?

#BD00A5 is RGB 189, 0, 165 — HSL 308°, 100%, 37% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 13%, 26%.

What colors go with #BD00A5?

Its complement is #00BD19; analogous partners are #7800BD and #BD0045. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD00A5 for text?

White text on #BD00A5 has a contrast ratio of 5.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.71:1.