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#CA41EE — Vivid Purple

#CA41EE is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #CA41EE 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.

#CA41EE 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 #62EE3F; it also sits naturally between #733FEE and #EE3FBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA41EE · RGB 202, 65, 238

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Color values

HEX#CA41EE
RGB202, 65, 238
HSL288°, 84%, 59%
HSV288°, 73%, 93%
CMYK15%, 73%, 0%, 7%
XYZ41.68, 22.51, 83.04
Yxy22.51, 0.2831, 0.1529
CIE-Lab54.56, 75.71, -61.06
Hunter Lab47.44, 77.53, -75.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 25% · Blue 93%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA41EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA41EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA41EE

.text { color: #CA41EE; }
.background { background-color: #CA41EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA41EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 65, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 84%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA41EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 65, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA41EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 65, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA41EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA41EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA41EE

#C527EC#B814E1#A512CA#8E0FAE#7B0D96#640B7A#510963#3A0646#26042F#0F0213

Tints of #CA41EE

#D051F0#D45FF1#D972F3#DE85F4#E398F6#E7A6F7#ECB9F9#F1CBFB#F5D9FC#FAECFD

Tones of #CA41EE

#C44BE2#BC58D5#B564C9#AD71BC#A67DB0#9E8AA3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #62EE3F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.82:1 AA large only
Against black text5.50:1 AA

Best text color on #CA41EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA41EE

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 #CA41EE: ·

How #CA41EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8F8DC4Deuteranopia · #97A1BATritanopia · #C3A39C

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 #CA41EE rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Cosmic Ruby Lagoon
#38180C · #C93DFB · #ABF723 · #FB2AC9
Wild Ember
#621090 · #C735E8 · #92ED5E · #CCF3BA

Similar colors

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

#C73CEE#D241EA#C147E9#C94EEF#C93DFB#C735E8#C942FD#D644E4#CC4AE0#D835F0#D04BDF#BD4DE4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA41ED  ·  #CA41EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA41EE?

#CA41EE is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 65, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA41EE?

#CA41EE is RGB 202, 65, 238 — HSL 288°, 84%, 59% — CMYK 15%, 73%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CA41EE?

Its complement is #62EE3F; analogous partners are #733FEE and #EE3FBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA41EE for text?

Black text on #CA41EE has a contrast ratio of 5.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.82:1.