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#4100CD — Vivid Purple

#4100CD is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #4100CD 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.

#4100CD 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 #8BCC00; it also sits naturally between #0025CC and #A700CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4100CD · RGB 65, 0, 205

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Color values

HEX#4100CD
RGB65, 0, 205
HSL259°, 100%, 40%
HSV259°, 100%, 80%
CMYK68%, 100%, 0%, 20%
XYZ13.20, 5.53, 58.13
Yxy5.53, 0.1717, 0.0720
CIE-Lab28.20, 68.41, -86.04
Hunter Lab23.52, 61.23, -136.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 25% · Green 0% · Blue 80%

Cyan 68% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4100CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4100CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4100CD

.text { color: #4100CD; }
.background { background-color: #4100CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4100CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(65, 0, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(259, 100%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4100CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(65, 0, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4100CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(65, 0, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4100CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4100CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4100CD

#3A00B8#3500A8#2F0094#2A0085#240070#1D005C#18004D#120038#0D0029#060014

Tints of #4100CD

#4A00EB#5405FF#6924FF#7B3DFF#8F5CFF#A47AFF#B694FF#CBB3FF#DCCCFF#F1EBFF

Tones of #4100CD

#460EBE#4B1EAE#512CA0#563A92#5B4884#615874

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8BCC00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text9.97:1 AAA
Against black text2.11:1 Fails

Best text color on #4100CD: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4100CD

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 #4100CD: ·

How #4100CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #25249BDeuteranopia · #292E90Tritanopia · #3E746C

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:

Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Tailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4100CD rather than the exact color:

Ruby Cascade
#5003C0 · #AB03A9 · #FF467A · #FFD51E
Crystal Monsoon
#28C7C1 · #186BE0 · #3A14C7 · #841A99
Mellow Ember
#4315C6 · #9B22AB · #E4529B · #B52F1C
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Golden Mirage
#351AD6 · #5E1880 · #B01B93 · #740E2A

Similar colors

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

#5003C0#3A14C7#4315C6#4717CB#4E15D4#351AD6#2D13C1#301AC9#5A10C0#5914D6#5D12D2#311FD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4100CC  ·  #4100CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4100CD?

#4100CD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 65, 0, 205). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4100CD?

#4100CD is RGB 65, 0, 205 — HSL 259°, 100%, 40% — CMYK 68%, 100%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #4100CD?

Its complement is #8BCC00; analogous partners are #0025CC and #A700CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4100CD for text?

White text on #4100CD has a contrast ratio of 9.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.11:1.