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#CA53FC — Light Vivid Purple

#CA53FC is a purple color we call Light 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 #CA53FC 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.

#CA53FC 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 #87FC54; it also sits naturally between #7654FC and #FC54DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA53FC · RGB 202, 83, 252

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Color values

HEX#CA53FC
RGB202, 83, 252
HSL282°, 97%, 66%
HSV282°, 67%, 99%
CMYK20%, 67%, 0%, 1%
XYZ45.02, 25.77, 94.70
Yxy25.77, 0.2720, 0.1557
CIE-Lab57.82, 71.57, -63.63
Hunter Lab50.77, 73.32, -80.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 33% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA53FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA53FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA53FC

.text { color: #CA53FC; }
.background { background-color: #CA53FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA53FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 83, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 97%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA53FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 83, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA53FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 83, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA53FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA53FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA53FC

#C136FC#B718FB#A604EC#9103CE#7C03B0#670292#510274#390150#230132#0E0014

Tints of #CA53FC

#CF63FD#D372FD#D881FD#DD90FD#E1A0FE#E6AFFE#EBBEFE#EFCDFE#F4DCFE#F9EBFF

Tones of #CA53FC

#C560F0#C06CE4#BB79D8#B784CD#B290C1#AD9CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #87FC54:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.41:1 AA large only
Against black text6.15:1 AA

Best text color on #CA53FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA53FC

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 #CA53FC: ·

How #CA53FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9695D3Deuteranopia · #9DA6C9Tritanopia · #C4B3AC

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 #CA53FC rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Orchard
#22300B · #FA5947 · #D250FA · #FC19FD
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Lucky Dusk
#200B0A · #C942FD · #2DBAFC · #B819FA
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A
Lucky Aurora
#8F53E3 · #DC53F1 · #EC4CB9 · #E31847

Similar colors

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

#D250FA#C94EEF#C942FD#C260EF#C65FEC#DC53F1#DF4EF9#C93DFB#D754EA#DA5AEC#C147E9#B44DEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA53FB  ·  #CA53FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA53FC?

#CA53FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 83, 252). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA53FC?

#CA53FC is RGB 202, 83, 252 — HSL 282°, 97%, 66% — CMYK 20%, 67%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA53FC?

Its complement is #87FC54; analogous partners are #7654FC and #FC54DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA53FC for text?

Black text on #CA53FC has a contrast ratio of 6.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.41:1.