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#BF80EF — Light Vivid Purple

#BF80EF 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 #BF80EF 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.

#BF80EF 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 #B0EF80; it also sits naturally between #8780EF and #EF80E8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BF80EF · RGB 191, 128, 239

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Color values

HEX#BF80EF
RGB191, 128, 239
HSL274°, 78%, 72%
HSV274°, 46%, 94%
CMYK20%, 46%, 0%, 6%
XYZ44.79, 32.75, 85.62
Yxy32.75, 0.2745, 0.2007
CIE-Lab63.96, 44.44, -46.75
Hunter Lab57.22, 43.29, -53.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 50% · Blue 94%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BF80EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BF80EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BF80EF

.text { color: #BF80EF; }
.background { background-color: #BF80EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BF80EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 128, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(274, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BF80EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 128, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BF80EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 128, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BF80EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BF80EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BF80EF

#AF60EB#9F40E7#9125E4#7F19CC#6B15AC#57118D#440D6D#330A52#1F0632#0B0212

Tints of #BF80EF

#C489F0#CA97F2#CFA0F3#D6ADF5#DAB6F6#DFBFF7#E6CDF9#EAD6FA#F1E4FC#F6EDFD

Tones of #BF80EF

#BE88E7#BD90E0#BC97D8#BBA0CF#BAA8C7#B9B0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0EF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.78:1 Fails
Against black text7.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #BF80EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BF80EF

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 #BF80EF: ·

How #BF80EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A4A3D4Deuteranopia · #A7ACCETritanopia · #BCBFBA

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 #BF80EF rather than the exact color:

Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Palette F29aae
#F29AAE · #C47BE4 · #7132CA · #301CA0
Dusty Monsoon
#311FD6 · #B779E4 · #E54BDA · #E27CA9
Misty Canyon
#DAA5EE · #CD82E9 · #741895 · #3A0A4C

Similar colors

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

#BA7CE9#BC7AF9#C480E4#C47BE4#B779E4#CD82E9#B375E9#B983FF#BC6FF1#BE79DF#AE83EA#C77DFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BF80EE  ·  #BF80F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BF80EF?

#BF80EF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 191, 128, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BF80EF?

#BF80EF is RGB 191, 128, 239 — HSL 274°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 20%, 46%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BF80EF?

Its complement is #B0EF80; analogous partners are #8780EF and #EF80E8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BF80EF for text?

Black text on #BF80EF has a contrast ratio of 7.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.78:1.