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#CA73FA — Light Vivid Purple

#CA73FA 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 #CA73FA 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.

#CA73FA 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 #A4FA75; it also sits naturally between #8975FA and #FA75E6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA73FA · RGB 202, 115, 250

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Color values

HEX#CA73FA
RGB202, 115, 250
HSL279°, 93%, 72%
HSV279°, 54%, 98%
CMYK19%, 54%, 0%, 2%
XYZ47.74, 31.72, 94.05
Yxy31.72, 0.2752, 0.1828
CIE-Lab63.11, 56.47, -54.07
Hunter Lab56.32, 56.65, -65.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 45% · Blue 98%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA73FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA73FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA73FA

.text { color: #CA73FA; }
.background { background-color: #CA73FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA73FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 115, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(279, 93%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA73FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 115, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA73FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 115, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA73FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA73FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA73FA

#BF53F9#B230F8#A713F6#9308DD#7C07BB#650699#4E0476#3B0359#240236#0D0114

Tints of #CA73FA

#CF7FFA#D58EFB#D898FB#DEA6FC#E2B0FC#E5BAFD#EBC9FD#EED3FD#F4E1FE#F8EBFE

Tones of #CA73FA

#C97EF1#C688E7#C392DD#C09BD4#BDA4CB#BAAEC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4FA75:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #CA73FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA73FA

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 #CA73FA: ·

How #CA73FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A4A4D9Deuteranopia · #A9B0D2Tritanopia · #C6C0BA

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 #CA73FA rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Gentle Ruby Bloom
#16C3CE · #84AAEB · #4A27D6 · #CF6BED
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC

Similar colors

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

#C77DFF#D67BFF#CE6EEC#BC7AF9#CF6BED#D276EC#BC6FF1#D770EF#D577E9#D777EA#BA68EE#CD82E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA73F9  ·  #CA73FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA73FA?

#CA73FA is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 115, 250). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA73FA?

#CA73FA is RGB 202, 115, 250 — HSL 279°, 93%, 72% — CMYK 19%, 54%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CA73FA?

Its complement is #A4FA75; analogous partners are #8975FA and #FA75E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA73FA for text?

Black text on #CA73FA has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.86:1.