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#CA72FF — Light Vivid Purple

#CA72FF 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 #CA72FF 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.

#CA72FF 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 #A7FF70; it also sits naturally between #8170FF and #FF70EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA72FF · RGB 202, 114, 255

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Color values

HEX#CA72FF
RGB202, 114, 255
HSL277°, 100%, 72%
HSV277°, 55%, 100%
CMYK21%, 55%, 0%, 0%
XYZ48.42, 31.81, 98.20
Yxy31.81, 0.2714, 0.1783
CIE-Lab63.19, 58.02, -56.70
Hunter Lab56.40, 58.48, -69.38

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 45% · Blue 100%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA72FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA72FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA72FF

.text { color: #CA72FF; }
.background { background-color: #CA72FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA72FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 114, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 100%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA72FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 114, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA72FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 114, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA72FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA72FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA72FF

#BB4DFF#AD29FF#A10AFF#8E00E6#7800C2#61009E#4B007A#39005C#230038#0D0014

Tints of #CA72FF

#CC7AFF#D28AFF#D694FF#DCA3FF#E0ADFF#E4B8FF#E9C7FF#EDD1FF#F3E0FF#F7EBFF

Tones of #CA72FF

#C67AF5#C385EA#C18FE0#BF99D6#BCA3CC#BAAEC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A7FF70:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.85:1 Fails
Against black text7.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA72FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA72FF

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 #CA72FF: ·

How #CA72FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A4A3DDDeuteranopia · #A9B0D5Tritanopia · #C6C2BC

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 #CA72FF 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#D770EF#D276EC#B767FF#B983FF#D577E9#D777EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA72FE  ·  #CA7300 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA72FF?

#CA72FF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 114, 255). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA72FF?

#CA72FF is RGB 202, 114, 255 — HSL 277°, 100%, 72% — CMYK 21%, 55%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CA72FF?

Its complement is #A7FF70; analogous partners are #8170FF and #FF70EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA72FF for text?

Black text on #CA72FF has a contrast ratio of 7.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.85:1.