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#CA91FF — Light Vivid Purple

#CA91FF is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #CA91FF 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.

#CA91FF is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C5FF8F; it also sits naturally between #918FFF and #FF8FFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA91FF · RGB 202, 145, 255

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Color values

HEX#CA91FF
RGB202, 145, 255
HSL271°, 100%, 78%
HSV271°, 43%, 100%
CMYK21%, 43%, 0%, 0%
XYZ52.53, 40.03, 99.57
Yxy40.03, 0.2734, 0.2083
CIE-Lab69.49, 41.84, -46.73
Hunter Lab63.27, 41.52, -54.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 57% · Blue 100%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA91FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA91FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA91FF

.text { color: #CA91FF; }
.background { background-color: #CA91FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA91FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 145, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 100%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA91FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 145, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA91FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 145, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA91FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA91FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA91FF

#B86BFF#A442FF#931FFF#7E00F5#6C00D1#5A00AD#450085#320061#1D0038#0B0014

Tints of #CA91FF

#CE99FF#D3A3FF#D5A8FF#DAB3FF#DFBDFF#E4C7FF#E9D1FF#EBD6FF#F0E0FF#F5EBFF

Tones of #CA91FF

#C997F7#C89FEF#C8A7E7#C8AFDF#C7B7D7#C7BFCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C5FF8F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.01:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA91FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA91FF

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 #CA91FF: ·

How #CA91FF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B1B1E4Deuteranopia · #B5B9DETritanopia · #C7CFCB

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 #CA91FF rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette Cb9df0
#CB9DF0 · #F0C1E1 · #FDDBBB · #FFF9BF
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#D195F9#C499F3#D59BF6#DC95FF#CB9DF0#D0A2F7#B693FE#C77DFF#B799FF#D78FEE#B983FF#DA9FF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA91FE  ·  #CA9200 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA91FF?

#CA91FF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 145, 255). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA91FF?

#CA91FF is RGB 202, 145, 255 — HSL 271°, 100%, 78% — CMYK 21%, 43%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #CA91FF?

Its complement is #C5FF8F; analogous partners are #918FFF and #FF8FFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA91FF for text?

Black text on #CA91FF has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.