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#CA78FC — Light Vivid Purple

#CA78FC 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 #CA78FC 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.

#CA78FC 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 #ABFC78; it also sits naturally between #8778FC and #FC78ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA78FC · RGB 202, 120, 252

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Color values

HEX#CA78FC
RGB202, 120, 252
HSL277°, 96%, 73%
HSV277°, 52%, 99%
CMYK20%, 52%, 0%, 1%
XYZ48.64, 33.02, 95.90
Yxy33.02, 0.2739, 0.1859
CIE-Lab64.18, 54.36, -53.48
Hunter Lab57.46, 54.48, -64.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 47% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 52% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA78FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA78FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA78FC

.text { color: #CA78FC; }
.background { background-color: #CA78FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA78FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 120, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 96%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA78FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 120, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA78FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 120, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA78FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA78FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA78FC

#BC55FC#AE32FB#A00FFA#8C05E1#7A04C3#6403A0#4E037D#38025A#220137#0C0014

Tints of #CA78FC

#CE82FC#D391FD#D79BFD#DBA5FD#E1B4FD#E5BEFE#E9C8FE#EDD2FE#F3E1FE#F7EBFF

Tones of #CA78FC

#C782F3#C58BEA#C394E0#C19ED6#BEA8CD#BCB1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFC78:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.76:1 Fails
Against black text7.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA78FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA78FC

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 #CA78FC: ·

How #CA78FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A6DCDeuteranopia · #ABB1D4Tritanopia · #C6C3BD

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 #CA78FC rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D
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#D276EC#CE6EEC#BC6FF1#D770EF#CF6BED#B983FF#CD82E9#D577E9#D777EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA78FB  ·  #CA78FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA78FC?

#CA78FC is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 120, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA78FC?

#CA78FC is RGB 202, 120, 252 — HSL 277°, 96%, 73% — CMYK 20%, 52%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA78FC?

Its complement is #ABFC78; analogous partners are #8778FC and #FC78ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA78FC for text?

Black text on #CA78FC has a contrast ratio of 7.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.76:1.