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#BF55EA — Vivid Purple

#BF55EA 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 #BF55EA 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.

#BF55EA 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 #81EA57; it also sits naturally between #7757EA and #EA57CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF55EA · RGB 191, 85, 234

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Color values

HEX#BF55EA
RGB191, 85, 234
HSL283°, 78%, 63%
HSV283°, 64%, 92%
CMYK18%, 64%, 0%, 8%
XYZ39.59, 23.51, 80.29
Yxy23.51, 0.2761, 0.1640
CIE-Lab55.60, 64.79, -57.25
Hunter Lab48.49, 64.46, -69.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 33% · Blue 92%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 64% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF55EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF55EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF55EA

.text { color: #BF55EA; }
.background { background-color: #BF55EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF55EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 85, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 78%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF55EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 85, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF55EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 85, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF55EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF55EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF55EA

#B63CE7#AC21E4#9A19CC#8516B1#74139A#60107F#4B0C64#370949#22062D#0E0212

Tints of #BF55EA

#C665EC#CC77EE#D184F0#D692F2#DDA4F4#E2B2F5#E7BFF7#ECCDF9#F3DFFB#F8EDFD

Tones of #BF55EA

#BC61E0#B86CD5#B376CB#AE82C0#AA8CB5#A596AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #81EA57:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.68:1 AA large only
Against black text5.70:1 AA

Best text color on #BF55EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF55EA

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 #BF55EA: ·

How #BF55EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9190C6Deuteranopia · #979FBDTritanopia · #BAA9A3

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BF55EA rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4

Similar colors

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

#BC53E3#BD4DE4#B958E2#C65FEC#C260EF#C94EEF#C147E9#B961E5#B44DEF#BA52DB#B460E5#CC4AE0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF55E9  ·  #BF55EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF55EA?

#BF55EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 85, 234). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF55EA?

#BF55EA is RGB 191, 85, 234 — HSL 283°, 78%, 63% — CMYK 18%, 64%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BF55EA?

Its complement is #81EA57; analogous partners are #7757EA and #EA57CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF55EA for text?

Black text on #BF55EA has a contrast ratio of 5.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.68:1.