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#CA37EA — Vivid Purple

#CA37EA is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color DarkOrchid (#9932CC). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkorchid (#9932CC) — not an exact match. CSS darkorchid gives you #9932CC, a different color; use #CA37EA 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.

#CA37EA 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 #59EA39; it also sits naturally between #7139EA and #EA39B2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA37EA · RGB 202, 55, 234

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Color values

HEX#CA37EA
RGB202, 55, 234
HSL289°, 81%, 57%
HSV289°, 76%, 92%
CMYK14%, 76%, 0%, 8%
XYZ40.57, 21.23, 79.80
Yxy21.23, 0.2865, 0.1499
CIE-Lab53.20, 78.21, -61.01
Hunter Lab46.08, 80.27, -75.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 22% · Blue 92%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 76% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA37EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA37EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA37EA

.text { color: #CA37EA; }
.background { background-color: #CA37EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA37EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 55, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(289, 81%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA37EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 55, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA37EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 55, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA37EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA37EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA37EA

#C321E8#B116D4#9E14BD#8B11A6#780F8F#600C73#4D0A5C#3A0745#23042A#0F0212

Tints of #CA37EA

#CF4BEC#D45DEE#D970F0#DD82F2#E295F4#E6A3F5#EBB5F7#F0C8F9#F5DAFB#FAEDFD

Tones of #CA37EA

#C146DD#BA52D1#B15FC4#AA6BB8#A178AB#9A849F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #59EA39:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.00:1 AA large only
Against black text5.25:1 AA

Best text color on #CA37EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA37EA

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 #CA37EA: ·

How #CA37EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8A89BFDeuteranopia · #939EB4Tritanopia · #C39C95

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 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA37EA rather than the exact color:

Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Smoky Ruby Drift
#0E376C · #10128E · #782FE0 · #C72CE6
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Frozen Ruby Mosaic
#880FB1 · #D731ED · #78F04F · #A1EF97
Frozen Ruby Twilight
#4F16AC · #D630E5 · #ED6EB4 · #F29A9C

Similar colors

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

#C735E8#C73CEE#C72CE6#D241EA#D731ED#D630E5#D835F0#BF2EF0#CC2FF8#D22EDE#BA33E4#C93DFB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA37E9  ·  #CA37EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA37EA?

#CA37EA is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 55, 234). Its closest standard named color is DarkOrchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA37EA?

#CA37EA is RGB 202, 55, 234 — HSL 289°, 81%, 57% — CMYK 14%, 76%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #CA37EA?

Its complement is #59EA39; analogous partners are #7139EA and #EA39B2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA37EA for text?

Black text on #CA37EA has a contrast ratio of 5.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.00:1.