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#BF30FD — Vivid Purple

#BF30FD 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 #BF30FD 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.

#BF30FD 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 #6DFD30; it also sits naturally between #5930FD and #FD30D4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF30FD · RGB 191, 48, 253

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Color values

HEX#BF30FD
RGB191, 48, 253
HSL282°, 98%, 59%
HSV282°, 81%, 99%
CMYK25%, 81%, 0%, 1%
XYZ40.27, 20.28, 94.72
Yxy20.28, 0.2594, 0.1306
CIE-Lab52.15, 81.77, -73.41
Hunter Lab45.04, 84.54, -99.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 19% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF30FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF30FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF30FD

.text { color: #BF30FD; }
.background { background-color: #BF30FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF30FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 48, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 98%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF30FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 48, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF30FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 48, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF30FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF30FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF30FD

#B817FD#AA02F2#9902D9#8302BB#7202A2#5C0183#4B016A#35014C#230132#0E0014

Tints of #BF30FD

#C644FD#CA53FD#D068FD#D77CFE#DD90FE#E29FFE#E8B3FE#EEC7FE#F3D7FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #BF30FD

#BA3FEE#B44DE0#AE5CD1#A86BC2#A279B4#9C88A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6DFD30:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.15:1 AA large only
Against black text5.06:1 AA

Best text color on #BF30FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF30FD

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 #BF30FD: ·

How #BF30FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8180CBDeuteranopia · #8994C0Tritanopia · #B8A49C

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF30FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Cosmic Ruby Lagoon
#38180C · #C93DFB · #ABF723 · #FB2AC9

Similar colors

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

#B931FC#C52CF9#BF2EF0#CC2FF8#B235FC#C93DFB#B331F1#B13BFF#BF27EB#C942FD#C73CEE#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF30FC  ·  #BF30FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF30FD?

#BF30FD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 48, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF30FD?

#BF30FD is RGB 191, 48, 253 — HSL 282°, 98%, 59% — CMYK 25%, 81%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BF30FD?

Its complement is #6DFD30; analogous partners are #5930FD and #FD30D4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF30FD for text?

Black text on #BF30FD has a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.15:1.