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#BD76EF — Light Vivid Purple

#BD76EF 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 #BD76EF 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.

#BD76EF 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 #A8EF76; it also sits naturally between #8076EF and #EF76E5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD76EF · RGB 189, 118, 239

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Color values

HEX#BD76EF
RGB189, 118, 239
HSL275°, 79%, 70%
HSV275°, 51%, 94%
CMYK21%, 51%, 0%, 6%
XYZ43.04, 30.01, 85.18
Yxy30.01, 0.2720, 0.1896
CIE-Lab61.66, 49.22, -50.39
Hunter Lab54.78, 48.08, -59.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 46% · Blue 94%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BD76EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD76EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD76EF

.text { color: #BD76EF; }
.background { background-color: #BD76EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD76EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 118, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 79%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD76EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 118, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD76EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 118, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD76EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD76EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD76EF

#AD56EB#A03BE8#901BE4#7F18C9#6B14A9#571089#450D6E#31094E#200632#0C0212

Tints of #BD76EF

#C384F1#C88DF2#CE9BF3#D3A4F4#D9B1F6#E0BFF8#E4C8F9#EBD6FA#F0DFFB#F6EDFD

Tones of #BD76EF

#BB7EE7#BA88DD#B890D5#B798CD#B5A1C4#B4AABB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8EF76:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.00:1 Fails
Against black text7.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #BD76EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD76EF

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 #BD76EF: ·

How #BD76EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9E9ED2Deuteranopia · #A2A8CBTritanopia · #B9BBB6

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BD76EF rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Dusty Mirage
#4126C4 · #B96FE7 · #D839D0 · #DC197B
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Palette 4635b1
#4635B1 · #B771E5 · #AEEA94 · #FFFBCA

Similar colors

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

#BC6FF1#BA7CE9#BC7AF9#B96FE7#B375E9#B771E5#B779E4#C47BE4#BA68EE#AE72EB#BE79DF#C480E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD76EE  ·  #BD76F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD76EF?

#BD76EF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 189, 118, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD76EF?

#BD76EF is RGB 189, 118, 239 — HSL 275°, 79%, 70% — CMYK 21%, 51%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BD76EF?

Its complement is #A8EF76; analogous partners are #8076EF and #EF76E5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD76EF for text?

Black text on #BD76EF has a contrast ratio of 7.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.00:1.