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#BD80EF — Light Vivid Purple

#BD80EF 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 #BD80EF 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.

#BD80EF 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 #B2EF80; it also sits naturally between #8580EF and #EF80EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD80EF · RGB 189, 128, 239

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Color values

HEX#BD80EF
RGB189, 128, 239
HSL273°, 78%, 72%
HSV273°, 46%, 94%
CMYK21%, 46%, 0%, 6%
XYZ44.29, 32.49, 85.60
Yxy32.49, 0.2727, 0.2001
CIE-Lab63.75, 43.90, -47.09
Hunter Lab57.00, 42.65, -54.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 50% · Blue 94%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BD80EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD80EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD80EF

.text { color: #BD80EF; }
.background { background-color: #BD80EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD80EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 128, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(273, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD80EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 128, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD80EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 128, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD80EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD80EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD80EF

#AD60EB#9C40E7#8E25E4#7C19CC#6815AC#55118D#420D6D#310A52#1E0632#0B0212

Tints of #BD80EF

#C289F0#C997F2#CEA0F3#D5ADF5#D9B6F6#DEBFF7#E5CDF9#EAD6FA#F1E4FC#F6EDFD

Tones of #BD80EF

#BC88E7#BC90E0#BB97D8#BAA0CF#B9A8C7#B8B0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2EF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.80:1 Fails
Against black text7.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #BD80EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD80EF

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 #BD80EF: ·

How #BD80EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A2D4Deuteranopia · #A6ABCETritanopia · #BABFBA

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 #BD80EF rather than the exact color:

Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Palette F29aae
#F29AAE · #C47BE4 · #7132CA · #301CA0
Dusty Monsoon
#311FD6 · #B779E4 · #E54BDA · #E27CA9
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F

Similar colors

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

#BA7CE9#BC7AF9#C480E4#C47BE4#B779E4#B375E9#AE83EA#B983FF#BC6FF1#CD82E9#BE79DF#B98EE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD80EE  ·  #BD80F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD80EF?

#BD80EF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 189, 128, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD80EF?

#BD80EF is RGB 189, 128, 239 — HSL 273°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 21%, 46%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BD80EF?

Its complement is #B2EF80; analogous partners are #8580EF and #EF80EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD80EF for text?

Black text on #BD80EF has a contrast ratio of 7.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.80:1.