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#CA20FD — Vivid Purple

#CA20FD 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 #CA20FD 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.

#CA20FD 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 #54FD21; it also sits naturally between #5B21FD and #FD21C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA20FD · RGB 202, 32, 253

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Color values

HEX#CA20FD
RGB202, 32, 253
HSL286°, 98%, 56%
HSV286°, 87%, 99%
CMYK20%, 87%, 0%, 1%
XYZ42.60, 20.68, 94.67
Yxy20.68, 0.2697, 0.1309
CIE-Lab52.60, 86.97, -72.62
Hunter Lab45.48, 91.50, -97.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 13% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA20FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA20FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA20FD

.text { color: #CA20FD; }
.background { background-color: #CA20FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA20FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 32, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 98%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA20FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 32, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA20FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 32, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA20FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA20FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA20FD

#C308FD#B302E8#9B02CA#8802B1#740297#61017E#4E0165#360147#23002D#100014

Tints of #CA20FD

#CE35FD#D349FD#D85DFD#DD72FE#E286FE#E79AFE#ECAEFE#F0C2FE#F5D7FF#FAEBFF

Tones of #CA20FD

#C131ED#B940DD#B050CE#A860BE#A06FAE#977F9F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #54FD21:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.09:1 AA large only
Against black text5.14:1 AA

Best text color on #CA20FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA20FD

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 #CA20FD: ·

How #CA20FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #807FC8Deuteranopia · #8A97BBTritanopia · #C19D94

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

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA20FD rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Amber Ruby Canyon
#0E1A22 · #43F784 · #F8A321 · #D82EF7
Velvet Harbor
#1B180B · #FA4C7A · #1340FA · #DB13FA

Similar colors

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

#C52CF9#C313FA#CC2FF8#B819FA#D82EF7#DB13FA#D930FC#BF2EF0#BF27EB#B931FC#C424E6#C725E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA20FC  ·  #CA20FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA20FD?

#CA20FD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 32, 253). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA20FD?

#CA20FD is RGB 202, 32, 253 — HSL 286°, 98%, 56% — CMYK 20%, 87%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA20FD?

Its complement is #54FD21; analogous partners are #5B21FD and #FD21C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA20FD for text?

Black text on #CA20FD has a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.09:1.