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#CA03FE — Vivid Purple

#CA03FE is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Fuchsia (#FF00FF). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: fuchsia (#FF00FF) — not an exact match. CSS fuchsia gives you #FF00FF, a different color; use #CA03FE 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.

#CA03FE 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 #34FE01; it also sits naturally between #4D01FE and #FE01B2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA03FE · RGB 202, 3, 254

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Color values

HEX#CA03FE
RGB202, 3, 254
HSL288°, 99%, 50%
HSV288°, 99%, 100%
CMYK20%, 99%, 0%, 0%
XYZ42.28, 19.78, 95.36
Yxy19.78, 0.2686, 0.1256
CIE-Lab51.58, 90.37, -74.82
Hunter Lab44.47, 95.75, -102.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 1% · Blue 100%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA03FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA03FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA03FE

.text { color: #CA03FE; }
.background { background-color: #CA03FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA03FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 3, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 99%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA03FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 3, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA03FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 3, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA03FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA03FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA03FE

#B701E4#A701D0#9201B7#8201A2#6E0189#590170#49005B#350042#25002E#100014

Tints of #CA03FE

#D01BFE#D52FFE#DA48FE#DE5DFE#E376FE#E88FFE#ECA4FF#F2BDFF#F6D1FF#FBEBFF

Tones of #CA03FE

#C113EC#B625DA#AB37C8#A04AB5#955CA3#8A6E91

Color harmonies

Complementary — #34FE01:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.24:1 AA large only
Against black text4.96:1 AA

Best text color on #CA03FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA03FE

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 #CA03FE: ·

How #CA03FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7472C1Deuteranopia · #7F8EB3Tritanopia · #C09187

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA03FE rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Velvet Harbor
#1B180B · #FA4C7A · #1340FA · #DB13FA
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Misty Ruby Marble
#7238E6 · #DC17EC · #E83089 · #EE5240
Hidden Marble
#26C616 · #67EA49 · #D01AE2 · #EEA1ED

Similar colors

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

#C313FA#DB13FA#B819FA#E900FF#DC17EC#D01AE2#C424E6#C52CF9#BF27EB#C725E5#CC2FF8#D82EF7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA03FD  ·  #CA03FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA03FE?

#CA03FE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 3, 254). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA03FE?

#CA03FE is RGB 202, 3, 254 — HSL 288°, 99%, 50% — CMYK 20%, 99%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CA03FE?

Its complement is #34FE01; analogous partners are #4D01FE and #FE01B2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA03FE for text?

Black text on #CA03FE has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.24:1.