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#CA55FD — Light Vivid Purple

#CA55FD 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 #CA55FD 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.

#CA55FD 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 #86FD53; it also sits naturally between #7553FD and #FD53DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA55FD · RGB 202, 85, 253

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Color values

HEX#CA55FD
RGB202, 85, 253
HSL282°, 98%, 66%
HSV282°, 66%, 99%
CMYK20%, 66%, 0%, 1%
XYZ45.34, 26.15, 95.59
Yxy26.15, 0.2714, 0.1565
CIE-Lab58.17, 70.94, -63.61
Hunter Lab51.13, 72.65, -80.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 33% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 66% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA55FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA55FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA55FD

.text { color: #CA55FD; }
.background { background-color: #CA55FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA55FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 85, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 98%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA55FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 85, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA55FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 85, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA55FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA55FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA55FD

#C135FD#B817FD#A702ED#9202CF#7C02B1#670192#520174#390151#230132#0E0014

Tints of #CA55FD

#CF62FD#D472FE#D881FE#DD90FE#E29FFE#E6AEFE#EBBDFE#EFCDFE#F4DCFF#F9EBFF

Tones of #CA55FD

#C55FF1#C16CE5#BC78D9#B784CD#B290C1#AD9CB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #86FD53:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.37:1 AA large only
Against black text6.23:1 AA

Best text color on #CA55FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA55FD

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 #CA55FD: ·

How #CA55FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9796D4Deuteranopia · #9EA7CBTritanopia · #C4B4AD

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA55FD 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#D754EA#DA5AEC#C93DFB#C147E9#B767FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA55FC  ·  #CA55FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA55FD?

#CA55FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 85, 253). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA55FD?

#CA55FD is RGB 202, 85, 253 — HSL 282°, 98%, 66% — CMYK 20%, 66%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA55FD?

Its complement is #86FD53; analogous partners are #7553FD and #FD53DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA55FD for text?

Black text on #CA55FD has a contrast ratio of 6.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.37:1.