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#4100E7 — Vivid Purple

#4100E7 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Blue (#0000FF). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blue (#0000FF) — not an exact match. CSS blue gives you #0000FF, a different color; use #4100E7 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.

#4100E7 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 #A4E600; it also sits naturally between #0032E6 and #B400E6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4100E7 · RGB 65, 0, 231

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Color values

HEX#4100E7
RGB65, 0, 231
HSL257°, 100%, 45%
HSV257°, 100%, 91%
CMYK72%, 100%, 0%, 9%
XYZ16.60, 6.89, 76.06
Yxy6.89, 0.1668, 0.0692
CIE-Lab31.56, 74.49, -95.45
Hunter Lab26.26, 69.43, -160.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 25% · Green 0% · Blue 91%

Cyan 72% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 9%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4100E7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4100E7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4100E7

.text { color: #4100E7; }
.background { background-color: #4100E7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4100E7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(65, 0, 231); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4100E7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(65, 0, 231, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4100E7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(65, 0, 231, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4100E7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4100E7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4100E7

#3B00D1#3500BD#3000A8#2A0094#240080#1D0066#170052#11003D#0C0029#060014

Tints of #4100E7

#4800FF#5B1AFF#6D33FF#7F4DFF#956BFF#A785FF#BA9EFF#CCB8FF#DED1FF#F0EBFF

Tones of #4100E7

#4810D5#4F21C4#5631B4#5D41A4#645194#6C6383

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4E600:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text8.83:1 AAA
Against black text2.38:1 Fails

Best text color on #4100E7: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4100E7

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 #4100E7: ·

How #4100E7 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #2524AFDeuteranopia · #292EA2Tritanopia · #3E8379

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 indigo 600 · #4F46E5Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDMaterial Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4100E7 rather than the exact color:

Palette 4300ff
#4300FF · #0065F8 · #00CAFF · #00FFDE
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Crimson Meadow
#9BB911 · #D4EC2E · #411CEA · #C1BDF5
Hidden Ruby Cinder
#153611 · #4116F9 · #14D8F9 · #F76329
Modern Ruby Monsoon
#280708 · #4B13FB · #4FFEF3 · #3EF994

Similar colors

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

#4300FF#5902EC#4813F9#411CEA#4116F9#4B13FB#4D1CE5#4E15D4#3514FC#5800FF#351AD6#5914D6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4100E6  ·  #4100E8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4100E7?

#4100E7 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 65, 0, 231). Its closest standard named color is Blue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4100E7?

#4100E7 is RGB 65, 0, 231 — HSL 257°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 72%, 100%, 0%, 9%.

What colors go with #4100E7?

Its complement is #A4E600; analogous partners are #0032E6 and #B400E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4100E7 for text?

White text on #4100E7 has a contrast ratio of 8.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.38:1.