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#CA7CFD — Light Vivid Purple

#CA7CFD 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 #CA7CFD 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.

#CA7CFD 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 #B0FD7C; it also sits naturally between #897CFD and #FD7CF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA7CFD · RGB 202, 124, 253

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Color values

HEX#CA7CFD
RGB202, 124, 253
HSL276°, 97%, 74%
HSV276°, 51%, 99%
CMYK20%, 51%, 0%, 1%
XYZ49.29, 34.06, 96.91
Yxy34.06, 0.2735, 0.1890
CIE-Lab65.01, 52.53, -52.70
Hunter Lab58.36, 52.56, -63.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 49% · Blue 99%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA7CFD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA7CFD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA7CFD

.text { color: #CA7CFD; }
.background { background-color: #CA7CFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA7CFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 124, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 97%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA7CFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 124, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA7CFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 124, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA7CFD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA7CFD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA7CFD

#BB59FC#AD36FC#9E13FB#8C04E7#7703C4#6102A1#4C027E#37015A#210137#0C0014

Tints of #CA7CFD

#CE86FD#D290FD#D8A0FE#DCAAFE#E0B4FE#E4BEFE#E8C8FE#EFD7FE#F3E1FF#F7EBFF

Tones of #CA7CFD

#C886F4#C68FEA#C498E1#C2A1D9#C0AACF#BFB3C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0FD7C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.69:1 Fails
Against black text7.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA7CFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA7CFD

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 #CA7CFD: ·

How #CA7CFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A8DEDeuteranopia · #ADB3D6Tritanopia · #C6C5C0

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 #CA7CFD rather than the exact color:

Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF
Burning Whisper
#4FC8E4 · #678BE7 · #7A58DE · #D276EC
Misty Canyon
#DAA5EE · #CD82E9 · #741895 · #3A0A4C

Similar colors

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

#C77DFF#D67BFF#BC7AF9#B983FF#D276EC#CD82E9#DC84F3#CE6EEC#D770EF#BC6FF1#D577E9#D777EA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA7CFC  ·  #CA7CFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA7CFD?

#CA7CFD is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 124, 253). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA7CFD?

#CA7CFD is RGB 202, 124, 253 — HSL 276°, 97%, 74% — CMYK 20%, 51%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #CA7CFD?

Its complement is #B0FD7C; analogous partners are #897CFD and #FD7CF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA7CFD for text?

Black text on #CA7CFD has a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.69:1.