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#BD3FEE — Vivid Purple

#BD3FEE is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #BD3FEE 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.

#BD3FEE 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 #70EE3F; it also sits naturally between #653FEE and #EE3FC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD3FEE · RGB 189, 63, 238

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Color values

HEX#BD3FEE
RGB189, 63, 238
HSL283°, 84%, 59%
HSV283°, 74%, 93%
CMYK21%, 74%, 0%, 7%
XYZ38.20, 20.55, 82.84
Yxy20.55, 0.2698, 0.1451
CIE-Lab52.45, 73.93, -64.57
Hunter Lab45.33, 74.68, -82.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 25% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BD3FEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD3FEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD3FEE

.text { color: #BD3FEE; }
.background { background-color: #BD3FEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD3FEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 63, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 84%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD3FEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 63, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD3FEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 63, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD3FEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD3FEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD3FEE

#B427EC#A714E1#9612CA#810FAE#6F0D96#5A0B7A#490963#340646#23042F#0E0213

Tints of #BD3FEE

#C351F0#C85FF1#CE72F3#D585F4#DB98F6#E0A6F7#E7B9F9#EDCBFB#F2D9FC#F9ECFD

Tones of #BD3FEE

#B74BE2#B258D5#AC64C9#A771BC#A17DB0#9C8AA3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #70EE3F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.11:1 AA large only
Against black text5.11:1 AA

Best text color on #BD3FEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD3FEE

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 #BD3FEE: ·

How #BD3FEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8685C4Deuteranopia · #8E97BATritanopia · #B7A29B

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BD3FEE rather than the exact color:

Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0

Similar colors

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

#C147E9#C73CEE#C735E8#BA33E4#B44DEF#BD4DE4#BF2EF0#B331F1#C93DFB#C94EEF#C942FD#B234E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD3FED  ·  #BD3FEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD3FEE?

#BD3FEE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 189, 63, 238). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD3FEE?

#BD3FEE is RGB 189, 63, 238 — HSL 283°, 84%, 59% — CMYK 21%, 74%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BD3FEE?

Its complement is #70EE3F; analogous partners are #653FEE and #EE3FC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD3FEE for text?

Black text on #BD3FEE has a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.11:1.