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#702FCA — Purple

#702FCA is a purple color we call Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #702FCA 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.

#702FCA 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 #8ACA2F; it also sits naturally between #2F3CCA and #BE2FCA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#702FCA · RGB 112, 47, 202

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Color values

HEX#702FCA
RGB112, 47, 202
HSL265°, 62%, 49%
HSV265°, 77%, 79%
CMYK45%, 77%, 0%, 21%
XYZ18.36, 9.74, 56.79
Yxy9.74, 0.2163, 0.1148
CIE-Lab37.38, 58.96, -68.96
Hunter Lab31.21, 52.87, -91.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 44% · Green 18% · Blue 79%

Cyan 45% · Magenta 77% · Yellow 0% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #702FCA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #702FCA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #702FCA

.text { color: #702FCA; }
.background { background-color: #702FCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #702FCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(112, 47, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(265, 62%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #702FCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(112, 47, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #702FCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(112, 47, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#702FCA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#702FCA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #702FCA

#672CBA#5B27A5#522395#471E80#3E1A70#32155B#29114A#1E0D36#150925#090411

Tints of #702FCA

#7E41D2#8951D6#9766DB#A57BE0#B38FE5#BEA0E9#CCB5EE#DAC9F2#E6DAF6#F4EEFB

Tones of #702FCA

#723BBF#7446B4#7651A9#775B9F#796693#7B7288

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8ACA2F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.12:1 AAA
Against black text2.95:1 Fails

Best text color on #702FCA: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #702FCA

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 #702FCA: ·

How #702FCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5453A4Deuteranopia · #585C9BTritanopia · #6D8780

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:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #702FCA rather than the exact color:

Palette F29aae
#F29AAE · #C47BE4 · #7132CA · #301CA0
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 252525
#252525 · #6930C3 · #64DFDF · #80FFDB
Vivid Ruby Petal
#537718 · #CEE063 · #682AD0 · #BDA8E7
Dusty Lagoon
#1E379C · #6A27D1 · #A829A9 · #881946
Gentle Ruby Marble
#76AD32 · #B1D97E · #783AC6 · #C9B9E4

Similar colors

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

#7132CA#742DD2#6930C3#682AD0#6A27D1#783AC6#663ACD#6D21D1#673CCD#713ABE#723EC3#7639D6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #702FC9  ·  #702FCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #702FCA?

#702FCA is Purple, a purple color (RGB 112, 47, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #702FCA?

#702FCA is RGB 112, 47, 202 — HSL 265°, 62%, 49% — CMYK 45%, 77%, 0%, 21%.

What colors go with #702FCA?

Its complement is #8ACA2F; analogous partners are #2F3CCA and #BE2FCA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #702FCA for text?

White text on #702FCA has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.95:1.