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#CA04CB — Vivid Pink

#CA04CB is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color DarkViolet (#9400D3). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkviolet (#9400D3) — not an exact match. CSS darkviolet gives you #9400D3, a different color; use #CA04CB 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.

#CA04CB 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 #04CD04; it also sits naturally between #6904CD and #CD0469. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA04CB · RGB 202, 4, 203

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Color values

HEX#CA04CB
RGB202, 4, 203
HSL300°, 96%, 41%
HSV300°, 98%, 80%
CMYK0%, 98%, 0%, 20%
XYZ35.18, 16.96, 57.92
Yxy16.96, 0.3197, 0.1541
CIE-Lab48.20, 82.26, -51.35
Hunter Lab41.18, 83.96, -59.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 2% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA04CB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA04CB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA04CB

.text { color: #CA04CB; }
.background { background-color: #CA04CB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA04CB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 4, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 96%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA04CB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 4, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA04CB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 4, 203, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA04CB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA04CB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA04CB

#B904B9#AA03AA#960396#820382#730273#5F025F#4B024B#370137#280128#140014

Tints of #CA04CB

#EB05EB#FA0FFA#FB2DFB#FB46FB#FC64FC#FC7DFC#FD9BFD#FDB4FD#FED2FE#FFEBFF

Tones of #CA04CB

#BE13BE#B120B1#A22FA2#933E93#854C85#775A77

Color harmonies

Complementary — #04CD04:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.78:1 AA
Against black text4.39:1 AA large only

Best text color on #CA04CB: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA04CB

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 #CA04CB: ·

How #CA04CB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #74729BDeuteranopia · #808F8FTritanopia · #C0756C

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 · #C026D3Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA04CB rather than the exact color:

Crimson Dusk
#C917C9 · #EA42D9 · #1AE019 · #C8F5CA
Modern Ruby Marble
#C3C61D · #23DCDF · #CA1DC6 · #F3F1CE
Silent Ruby Aurora
#B715CE · #EA2FD4 · #4EEB37 · #C3F3B6
Velvet Ruby Harbor
#1667AF · #1610CB · #8C12E1 · #DE12BF
Dusty Bloom
#431997 · #4D0968 · #E311CF · #E41A83
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6

Similar colors

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

#C917C9#CA1DC6#B715CE#DE12BF#E311CF#BF1FC6#CB1EBC#BD1EBF#D01AE2#AF16CA#E21ACB#B500B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA04CA  ·  #CA04CC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA04CB?

#CA04CB is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 202, 4, 203). Its closest standard named color is DarkViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA04CB?

#CA04CB is RGB 202, 4, 203 — HSL 300°, 96%, 41% — CMYK 0%, 98%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #CA04CB?

Its complement is #04CD04; analogous partners are #6904CD and #CD0469. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA04CB for text?

White text on #CA04CB has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.39:1.