Palettes / Colors / #BF4AEE

#BF4AEE — Vivid Purple

#BF4AEE is a purple color we call 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 #BF4AEE 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.

#BF4AEE 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 #78EE49; it also sits naturally between #6D49EE and #EE49CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 29% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BF4AEE

.text { color: #BF4AEE; }
.background { background-color: #BF4AEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF4AEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 74, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 83%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF4AEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 74, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF4AEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 74, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF4AEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF4AEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF4AEE

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #78EE49:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BF4AEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF4AEE

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:

How #BF4AEE looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF4AEE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF4AED  ·  #BF4AEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF4AEE?

#BF4AEE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 74, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF4AEE?

#BF4AEE is RGB 191, 74, 238 — HSL 283°, 83%, 61% — CMYK 20%, 69%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BF4AEE?

Its complement is #78EE49; analogous partners are #6D49EE and #EE49CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF4AEE for text?

Black text on #BF4AEE has a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.87:1.