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#CA45F3 — Vivid Purple

#CA45F3 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 #CA45F3 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.

#CA45F3 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 #6DF344; it also sits naturally between #7344F3 and #F344C4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA45F3 · RGB 202, 69, 243

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Color values

HEX#CA45F3
RGB202, 69, 243
HSL286°, 88%, 61%
HSV286°, 72%, 95%
CMYK17%, 72%, 0%, 5%
XYZ42.66, 23.28, 87.04
Yxy23.28, 0.2789, 0.1522
CIE-Lab55.36, 75.23, -62.58
Hunter Lab48.25, 77.16, -78.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 27% · Blue 95%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA45F3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA45F3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA45F3

.text { color: #CA45F3; }
.background { background-color: #CA45F3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA45F3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 69, 243); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 88%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA45F3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 69, 243, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA45F3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 69, 243, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA45F3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA45F3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA45F3

#C227F1#BB0FF0#A50DD3#8E0CB6#7C0A9E#650881#4F0665#380548#250330#0F0113

Tints of #CA45F3

#D057F4#D466F5#D979F6#DD87F7#E39AF9#E7A9F9#ECBCFB#F0CAFC#F6DDFD#FAECFE

Tones of #CA45F3

#C351E6#BD5DDA#B66ACD#B076C1#A983B4#A28FA8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6DF344:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.71:1 AA large only
Against black text5.66:1 AA

Best text color on #CA45F3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA45F3

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 #CA45F3: ·

How #CA45F3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #908FC9Deuteranopia · #98A2BFTritanopia · #C3A8A0

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA45F3 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Dreamy Dusk
#3AC911 · #8DF15B · #C73CEE · #D4A0F1
Cosmic Ruby Lagoon
#38180C · #C93DFB · #ABF723 · #FB2AC9
Amber Tempest
#499AE1 · #2835E2 · #7D3DDF · #D241EA
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4

Similar colors

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

#C94EEF#C942FD#C73CEE#C93DFB#D241EA#C147E9#D250FA#D644E4#C735E8#CC4AE0#BD4DE4#D835F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA45F2  ·  #CA45F4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA45F3?

#CA45F3 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 69, 243). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA45F3?

#CA45F3 is RGB 202, 69, 243 — HSL 286°, 88%, 61% — CMYK 17%, 72%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #CA45F3?

Its complement is #6DF344; analogous partners are #7344F3 and #F344C4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA45F3 for text?

Black text on #CA45F3 has a contrast ratio of 5.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.71:1.