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#4E04FD — Vivid Purple

#4E04FD is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #4E04FD 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.

#4E04FD 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 #B1FC03; it also sits naturally between #0335FC and #CA03FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4E04FD · RGB 78, 4, 253

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Color values

HEX#4E04FD
RGB78, 4, 253
HSL258°, 98%, 50%
HSV258°, 98%, 99%
CMYK69%, 98%, 0%, 1%
XYZ20.91, 8.80, 93.52
Yxy8.80, 0.1697, 0.0714
CIE-Lab35.59, 79.48, -101.16
Hunter Lab29.66, 76.74, -174.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 2% · Blue 99%

Cyan 69% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4E04FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4E04FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4E04FD

.text { color: #4E04FD; }
.background { background-color: #4E04FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4E04FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 4, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(258, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4E04FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 4, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4E04FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 4, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4E04FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4E04FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4E04FD

#4602E3#4002CF#3802B6#3202A2#2A0188#22016F#1C015B#140142#0E002D#060014

Tints of #4E04FD

#5F1CFD#6D30FD#7F49FD#8D5DFD#9F77FE#B190FE#BFA4FE#D1BDFE#DFD2FF#F1EBFF

Tones of #4E04FD

#5514EB#5C26D9#6338C7#6A4AB5#715CA3#786E91

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B1FC03:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.61:1 AAA
Against black text2.76:1 Fails

Best text color on #4E04FD: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4E04FD

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 #4E04FD: ·

How #4E04FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #2E2DC1Deuteranopia · #3238B2Tritanopia · #4A9187

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 · #7C3AEDTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4E04FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Palette 4300ff
#4300FF · #0065F8 · #00CAFF · #00FFDE
Modern Ruby Monsoon
#280708 · #4B13FB · #4FFEF3 · #3EF994
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Hidden Ruby Cinder
#153611 · #4116F9 · #14D8F9 · #F76329

Similar colors

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

#5800FF#4300FF#4B13FB#4813F9#5902EC#4116F9#6900FF#3514FC#411CEA#6F00FF#5B23FF#4D1CE5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4E04FC  ·  #4E04FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4E04FD?

#4E04FD is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 78, 4, 253). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4E04FD?

#4E04FD is RGB 78, 4, 253 — HSL 258°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 69%, 98%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #4E04FD?

Its complement is #B1FC03; analogous partners are #0335FC and #CA03FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4E04FD for text?

White text on #4E04FD has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.76:1.