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#4E047C — Deep Vivid Purple

#4E047C is a purple color we call Deep 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 #4E047C 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.

#4E047C 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 #327C04; it also sits naturally between #12047C and #7C046E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4E047C · RGB 78, 4, 124

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Color values

HEX#4E047C
RGB78, 4, 124
HSL277°, 94%, 25%
HSV277°, 97%, 49%
CMYK37%, 97%, 0%, 51%
XYZ6.82, 3.16, 19.32
Yxy3.16, 0.2328, 0.1079
CIE-Lab20.68, 49.70, -49.14
Hunter Lab17.78, 38.94, -54.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 2% · Blue 49%

Cyan 37% · Magenta 97% · Yellow 0% · Key 51%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4E047C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4E047C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4E047C

.text { color: #4E047C; }
.background { background-color: #4E047C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4E047C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 4, 124); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 94%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4E047C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 4, 124, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4E047C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 4, 124, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4E047C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4E047C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4E047C

#480472#410368#3B035E#350354#2F024A#25023B#1F0231#190128#13011E#0C0114

Tints of #4E047C

#63059E#7906C1#8F07E4#A116F8#B13EF9#BF61FA#CD83FB#DBA6FC#E9C9FD#F7EBFE

Tones of #4E047C

#4C0C73#4A156A#481D62#462659#442F51#423748

Color harmonies

Complementary — #327C04:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text12.86:1 AAA
Against black text1.63:1 Fails

Best text color on #4E047C: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4E047C

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 #4E047C: ·

How #4E047C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #2E2D5FDeuteranopia · #323858Tritanopia · #4A4843

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 slate 600 · #475569Material Deep Purple 500 · #673AB7Tailwind zinc 600 · #52525B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4E047C rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Palette 2a004e
#2A004E · #500073 · #C62300 · #F14A00
Smoky Ruby Mosaic
#4C1084 · #966EED · #7ADE1B · #D2F0AD
Palette 0c056d
#0C056D · #590D82 · #B61AAE · #F25D9C
Dusty Whisper
#BA68EE · #5A1287 · #4B0F71 · #2D0943
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF

Similar colors

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

#52057B#500073#4C1084#590D82#4B0F71#481380#521477#4E096B#5B0888#57147D#3F0071#49108B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4E047B  ·  #4E047D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4E047C?

#4E047C is Deep Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 78, 4, 124). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4E047C?

#4E047C is RGB 78, 4, 124 — HSL 277°, 94%, 25% — CMYK 37%, 97%, 0%, 51%.

What colors go with #4E047C?

Its complement is #327C04; analogous partners are #12047C and #7C046E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4E047C for text?

White text on #4E047C has a contrast ratio of 12.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.63:1.