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#BD80FF — Light Vivid Purple

#BD80FF is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #BD80FF 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.

#BD80FF 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 #C1FF80; it also sits naturally between #8082FF and #FD80FF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD80FF · RGB 189, 128, 255

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Color values

HEX#BD80FF
RGB189, 128, 255
HSL269°, 100%, 75%
HSV269°, 50%, 100%
CMYK26%, 50%, 0%, 0%
XYZ46.76, 33.48, 98.61
Yxy33.48, 0.2614, 0.1872
CIE-Lab64.55, 47.52, -54.63
Hunter Lab57.86, 46.81, -66.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 50% · Blue 100%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 50% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BD80FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD80FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD80FF

.text { color: #BD80FF; }
.background { background-color: #BD80FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD80FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 128, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(269, 100%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD80FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 128, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD80FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 128, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD80FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD80FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD80FF

#AB5CFF#9838FF#8614FF#7400F0#6300CC#4F00A3#3E0080#2C005C#1B0038#0A0014

Tints of #BD80FF

#C28AFF#C894FF#CD9EFF#D2A8FF#DAB8FF#DFC2FF#E5CCFF#EAD6FF#EFE0FF#F4EBFF

Tones of #BD80FF

#BD88F6#BE92ED#BE9BE4#BEA4DB#BFADD2#BFB6C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1FF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.73:1 Fails
Against black text7.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #BD80FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD80FF

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 #BD80FF: ·

How #BD80FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A2E0Deuteranopia · #A6ABD9Tritanopia · #BAC8C3

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 #BD80FF rather than the exact color:

Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1

Similar colors

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

#B983FF#BC7AF9#C77DFF#B088F9#B693FE#BC6FF1#A888FF#BA7CE9#D67BFF#B799FF#B767FF#AE83EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD80FE  ·  #BD8100 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD80FF?

#BD80FF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 189, 128, 255). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD80FF?

#BD80FF is RGB 189, 128, 255 — HSL 269°, 100%, 75% — CMYK 26%, 50%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BD80FF?

Its complement is #C1FF80; analogous partners are #8082FF and #FD80FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD80FF for text?

Black text on #BD80FF has a contrast ratio of 7.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.73:1.