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#BF3EEE — Vivid Purple

#BF3EEE is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #BF3EEE 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.

#BF3EEE 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 #6DEE3F; it also sits naturally between #683FEE and #EE3FC5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF3EEE · RGB 191, 62, 238

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Color values

HEX#BF3EEE
RGB191, 62, 238
HSL284°, 84%, 59%
HSV284°, 74%, 93%
CMYK20%, 74%, 0%, 7%
XYZ38.64, 20.69, 82.85
Yxy20.69, 0.2718, 0.1455
CIE-Lab52.61, 74.65, -64.29
Hunter Lab45.49, 75.62, -81.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 24% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF3EEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF3EEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF3EEE

.text { color: #BF3EEE; }
.background { background-color: #BF3EEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF3EEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 62, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 84%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF3EEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 62, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF3EEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 62, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF3EEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF3EEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF3EEE

#B827EC#AA14E1#9912CA#830FAE#720D96#5C0B7A#4B0963#350646#23042F#0E0213

Tints of #BF3EEE

#C651F0#CA5FF1#D072F3#D785F4#DD98F6#E2A6F7#E8B9F9#EECBFB#F3D9FC#F9ECFD

Tones of #BF3EEE

#BA4BE2#B458D5#AE64C9#A871BC#A27DB0#9C8AA3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6DEE3F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.09:1 AA large only
Against black text5.14:1 AA

Best text color on #BF3EEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF3EEE

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 #BF3EEE: ·

How #BF3EEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8786C3Deuteranopia · #8F98B9Tritanopia · #B9A29A

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF3EEE rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA
Vivid Aurora
#3C28B0 · #BA33E4 · #BF2D89 · #E0383B
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
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:

#C73CEE#C147E9#C735E8#BA33E4#BF2EF0#C93DFB#B331F1#BD4DE4#C942FD#B44DEF#C94EEF#D241EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF3EED  ·  #BF3EEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF3EEE?

#BF3EEE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 62, 238). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF3EEE?

#BF3EEE is RGB 191, 62, 238 — HSL 284°, 84%, 59% — CMYK 20%, 74%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BF3EEE?

Its complement is #6DEE3F; analogous partners are #683FEE and #EE3FC5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF3EEE for text?

Black text on #BF3EEE has a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.09:1.