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#CA72FD — Light Vivid Purple

#CA72FD is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #CA72FD 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.

#CA72FD 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 #A5FD72; it also sits naturally between #8572FD and #FD72EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA72FD · RGB 202, 114, 253

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Color values

HEX#CA72FD
RGB202, 114, 253
HSL278°, 97%, 72%
HSV278°, 55%, 99%
CMYK20%, 55%, 0%, 1%
XYZ48.10, 31.68, 96.51
Yxy31.68, 0.2729, 0.1797
CIE-Lab63.08, 57.60, -55.77
Hunter Lab56.29, 57.96, -67.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 45% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA72FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA72FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA72FD

.text { color: #CA72FD; }
.background { background-color: #CA72FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA72FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 114, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 97%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA72FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 114, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA72FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 114, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA72FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA72FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA72FD

#BD4FFC#B02CFC#A40EFB#9003E2#7A03BF#63029C#4D0279#3A015A#230137#0D0014

Tints of #CA72FD

#CE7CFD#D48BFD#D796FD#DDA5FE#E1AFFE#E5B9FE#EAC8FE#EED2FE#F4E1FF#F7EBFF

Tones of #CA72FD

#C77CF3#C586E9#C290DF#C09AD6#BDA4CC#BAAEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A5FD72:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.86:1 Fails
Against black text7.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA72FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA72FD

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 #CA72FD: ·

How #CA72FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A4A3DBDeuteranopia · #A9B0D3Tritanopia · #C6C1BB

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CA72FD rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D
Gentle Ruby Bloom
#16C3CE · #84AAEB · #4A27D6 · #CF6BED
Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1

Similar colors

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

#C77DFF#D67BFF#BC7AF9#CE6EEC#CF6BED#BC6FF1#D276EC#D770EF#B767FF#D577E9#D777EA#BA68EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA72FC  ·  #CA72FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA72FD?

#CA72FD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 114, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA72FD?

#CA72FD is RGB 202, 114, 253 — HSL 278°, 97%, 72% — CMYK 20%, 55%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA72FD?

Its complement is #A5FD72; analogous partners are #8572FD and #FD72EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA72FD for text?

Black text on #CA72FD has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.86:1.