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#CA92FB — Light Vivid Purple

#CA92FB 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 #CA92FB 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.

#CA92FB 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 #C3FB93; it also sits naturally between #9693FB and #FB93F8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CA92FB · RGB 202, 146, 251

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Color values

HEX#CA92FB
RGB202, 146, 251
HSL272°, 93%, 78%
HSV272°, 42%, 98%
CMYK20%, 42%, 0%, 2%
XYZ52.05, 40.08, 96.26
Yxy40.08, 0.2763, 0.2127
CIE-Lab69.53, 40.42, -44.49
Hunter Lab63.31, 39.97, -51.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 57% · Blue 98%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CA92FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CA92FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CA92FB

.text { color: #CA92FB; }
.background { background-color: #CA92FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CA92FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 146, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(272, 93%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CA92FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 146, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CA92FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 146, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CA92FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CA92FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CA92FB

#BA70FA#A649F8#9626F7#8209EC#6F07CA#5C06A7#460580#33035E#1E0236#0B0114

Tints of #CA92FB

#CF9DFB#D4A6FC#D6ABFC#DBB5FC#E0BFFD#E5C9FD#E9D3FD#ECD8FE#F1E1FE#F5EBFE

Tones of #CA92FB

#CA9AF4#C9A2EC#C9A9E5#C8B0DD#C8B8D6#C7C0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3FB93:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.33:1 Fails
Against black text9.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #CA92FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CA92FB

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 #CA92FB: ·

How #CA92FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B1E2Deuteranopia · #B5B9DCTritanopia · #C7CEC9

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 #CA92FB rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #CDE8F6 · #D195F9 · #0033C7
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Palette Cb9df0
#CB9DF0 · #F0C1E1 · #FDDBBB · #FFF9BF
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette 4e56c0
#4E56C0 · #9B5DE0 · #D78FEE · #FDCFFA

Similar colors

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

#D195F9#C499F3#D59BF6#CB9DF0#D0A2F7#D78FEE#DC95FF#C49AEB#D4A0F1#B693FE#B799FF#DA9FF9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CA92FA  ·  #CA92FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CA92FB?

#CA92FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 146, 251). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CA92FB?

#CA92FB is RGB 202, 146, 251 — HSL 272°, 93%, 78% — CMYK 20%, 42%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #CA92FB?

Its complement is #C3FB93; analogous partners are #9693FB and #FB93F8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CA92FB for text?

Black text on #CA92FB has a contrast ratio of 9.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.33:1.