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#BF20FF — Vivid Purple

#BF20FF is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #BF20FF 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.

#BF20FF 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 #5EFF1F; it also sits naturally between #4F1FFF and #FF1FCE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF20FF · RGB 191, 32, 255

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Color values

HEX#BF20FF
RGB191, 32, 255
HSL283°, 100%, 56%
HSV283°, 87%, 100%
CMYK25%, 87%, 0%, 0%
XYZ40.05, 19.33, 96.23
Yxy19.33, 0.2574, 0.1242
CIE-Lab51.07, 85.76, -76.29
Hunter Lab43.97, 89.42, -105.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 13% · Blue 100%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF20FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF20FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF20FF

.text { color: #BF20FF; }
.background { background-color: #BF20FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF20FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 32, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 100%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF20FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 32, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF20FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 32, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF20FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF20FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF20FF

#B805FF#A800EB#9200CC#8000B3#6E0099#5B0080#490066#330047#21002E#0F0014

Tints of #BF20FF

#C533FF#CB47FF#D15CFF#D770FF#DC85FF#E299FF#E8ADFF#EEC2FF#F3D6FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #BF20FF

#B92EEF#B13FDE#AB4FCF#A45FBF#9D6EAF#967F9F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5EFF1F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.32:1 AA large only
Against black text4.87:1 AA

Best text color on #BF20FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF20FF

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 #BF20FF: ·

How #BF20FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7A79C9Deuteranopia · #838FBCTritanopia · #B79E95

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 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF20FF rather than the exact color:

Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD

Similar colors

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

#B819FA#C313FA#C52CF9#B931FC#BF2EF0#CC2FF8#BF27EB#A823F8#B235FC#B331F1#C424E6#C725E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF20FE  ·  #BF2100 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF20FF?

#BF20FF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 32, 255). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF20FF?

#BF20FF is RGB 191, 32, 255 — HSL 283°, 100%, 56% — CMYK 25%, 87%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BF20FF?

Its complement is #5EFF1F; analogous partners are #4F1FFF and #FF1FCE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF20FF for text?

Black text on #BF20FF has a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.32:1.