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#BF4AEF — Vivid Purple

#BF4AEF 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 #BF4AEF 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.

#BF4AEF 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 #77EF48; it also sits naturally between #6C48EF and #EF48CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF4AEF · RGB 191, 74, 239

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Color values

HEX#BF4AEF
RGB191, 74, 239
HSL283°, 84%, 61%
HSV283°, 69%, 94%
CMYK20%, 69%, 0%, 6%
XYZ39.51, 22.21, 83.86
Yxy22.21, 0.2714, 0.1525
CIE-Lab54.24, 70.39, -62.22
Hunter Lab47.12, 70.84, -77.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 29% · Blue 94%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 69% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF4AEF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF4AEF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF4AEF

.text { color: #BF4AEF; }
.background { background-color: #BF4AEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF4AEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 74, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 84%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF4AEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 74, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF4AEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 74, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF4AEF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF4AEF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF4AEF

#B62CED#AE14EB#9912CE#8410B2#730D9B#5E0B7F#490963#340646#23042F#0E0213

Tints of #BF4AEF

#C65BF1#CB69F2#D27CF4#D68AF5#DD9CF6#E2ABF8#E8BDF9#EDCBFB#F4DEFC#F9ECFD

Tones of #BF4AEF

#BB54E3#B560D7#B06CCB#AB78BF#A684B3#A190A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #77EF48:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.86:1 AA large only
Against black text5.44:1 AA

Best text color on #BF4AEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF4AEF

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 #BF4AEF: ·

How #BF4AEF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8C8BC7Deuteranopia · #939CBDTritanopia · #B9A8A1

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 #BF4AEF rather than the exact color:

Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1

Similar colors

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

#C147E9#C94EEF#B44DEF#BD4DE4#BC53E3#C73CEE#C942FD#CC4AE0#B958E2#C93DFB#AA4CF0#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF4AEE  ·  #BF4AF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF4AEF?

#BF4AEF is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 74, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF4AEF?

#BF4AEF is RGB 191, 74, 239 — HSL 283°, 84%, 61% — CMYK 20%, 69%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BF4AEF?

Its complement is #77EF48; analogous partners are #6C48EF and #EF48CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF4AEF for text?

Black text on #BF4AEF has a contrast ratio of 5.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.86:1.