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#CA025F — Vivid Pink

#CA025F is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color MediumVioletRed (#C71585). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mediumvioletred (#C71585) — not an exact match. CSS mediumvioletred gives you #C71585, a different color; use #CA025F 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.

#CA025F is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. 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 #02CA6D; it also sits naturally between #CA02C3 and #CA0902. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA025F · RGB 202, 2, 95

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Color values

HEX#CA025F
RGB202, 2, 95
HSL332°, 98%, 40%
HSV332°, 99%, 79%
CMYK0%, 99%, 53%, 21%
XYZ26.44, 13.43, 12.02
Yxy13.43, 0.5096, 0.2587
CIE-Lab43.40, 70.39, 6.46
Hunter Lab36.64, 67.72, 4.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 1% · Blue 37%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 53% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA025F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA025F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA025F

.text { color: #CA025F; }
.background { background-color: #CA025F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA025F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 2, 95); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(332, 98%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA025F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 2, 95, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA025F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 2, 95, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA025F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA025F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA025F

#B60256#A7024F#920145#83013E#6F0134#5B012B#4C0124#38011A#280013#14000A

Tints of #CA025F

#E8026E#FD087A#FD268A#FD3F98#FD5DA8#FE7CB8#FE95C6#FEB3D6#FECDE4#FFEBF4

Tones of #CA025F

#BC1060#AD1F61#9F2D62#913B63#834964#745865

Color harmonies

Complementary — #02CA6D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.70:1 AA
Against black text3.69:1 AA large only

Best text color on #CA025F: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA025F

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 #CA025F: ·

How #CA025F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #737248Deuteranopia · #7F8E43Tritanopia · #C03733

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 Pink 500 · #E91E63Tailwind rose 600 · #E11D48Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA025F rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffcc00
#FFCC00 · #FF6666 · #CC0066 · #66CCCC
Palette 808836
#808836 · #FFBF00 · #FF9A00 · #D10363
Palette D20062
#D20062 · #D6589F · #D895DA · #C4E4FF
Palette 007dcc
#007DCC · #FFB900 · #D10056 · #B2054C
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Palette Ffd95f
#FFD95F · #FFEFC8 · #B8D576 · #D70654

Similar colors

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

#CC0066#D10363#D20062#D10056#C30E59#D70654#C1115C#C7004C#B80D57#B3005E#C61A60#BF124D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA025E  ·  #CA0260 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA025F?

#CA025F is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 202, 2, 95). Its closest standard named color is MediumVioletRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA025F?

#CA025F is RGB 202, 2, 95 — HSL 332°, 98%, 40% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 53%, 21%.

What colors go with #CA025F?

Its complement is #02CA6D; analogous partners are #CA02C3 and #CA0902. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA025F for text?

White text on #CA025F has a contrast ratio of 5.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.69:1.