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#BF52FD — Light Vivid Purple

#BF52FD is a purple color we call Light 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 #BF52FD 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.

#BF52FD 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 #92FD53; it also sits naturally between #6A53FD and #FD53E7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF52FD · RGB 191, 82, 253

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Color values

HEX#BF52FD
RGB191, 82, 253
HSL278°, 98%, 66%
HSV278°, 68%, 99%
CMYK25%, 68%, 0%, 1%
XYZ42.23, 24.20, 95.37
Yxy24.20, 0.2610, 0.1496
CIE-Lab56.29, 69.94, -66.72
Hunter Lab49.20, 70.88, -86.38

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 32% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 68% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF52FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF52FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF52FD

.text { color: #BF52FD; }
.background { background-color: #BF52FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF52FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 82, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 98%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF52FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 82, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF52FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 82, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF52FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF52FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF52FD

#B435FD#A817FD#9702ED#8402CF#7102B1#5D0192#4A0174#330151#200132#0D0014

Tints of #BF52FD

#C562FD#CA72FE#D081FE#D690FE#DB9FFE#E1AEFE#E7BDFE#ECCDFE#F2DCFF#F7EBFF

Tones of #BF52FD

#BC5FF1#B86CE5#B578D9#B284CD#AF90C1#AC9CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #92FD53:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.60:1 AA large only
Against black text5.84:1 AA

Best text color on #BF52FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF52FD

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 #BF52FD: ·

How #BF52FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #908FD4Deuteranopia · #969ECATritanopia · #BAB3AC

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF52FD rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Palette 3d30a2
#3D30A2 · #B15EFF · #FFA33C · #FFFB73
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Tranquil Orchard
#22300B · #FA5947 · #D250FA · #FC19FD

Similar colors

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

#B04AFF#C94EEF#B44DEF#B15EFF#C942FD#D250FA#C260EF#B242FE#C65FEC#B767FF#C147E9#C93DFB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF52FC  ·  #BF52FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF52FD?

#BF52FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 82, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF52FD?

#BF52FD is RGB 191, 82, 253 — HSL 278°, 98%, 66% — CMYK 25%, 68%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BF52FD?

Its complement is #92FD53; analogous partners are #6A53FD and #FD53E7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF52FD for text?

Black text on #BF52FD has a contrast ratio of 5.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.60:1.