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#4E07AC — Vivid Purple

#4E07AC 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 #4E07AC 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.

#4E07AC 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 #64AB07; it also sits naturally between #0712AB and #A007AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4E07AC · RGB 78, 7, 172

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Color values

HEX#4E07AC
RGB78, 7, 172
HSL266°, 92%, 35%
HSV266°, 96%, 67%
CMYK55%, 96%, 0%, 33%
XYZ10.66, 4.75, 39.38
Yxy4.75, 0.1946, 0.0867
CIE-Lab26.01, 60.08, -70.07
Hunter Lab21.79, 51.16, -96.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 3% · Blue 67%

Cyan 55% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 0% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4E07AC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4E07AC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4E07AC

.text { color: #4E07AC; }
.background { background-color: #4E07AC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4E07AC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 7, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 92%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4E07AC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 7, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4E07AC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 7, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4E07AC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4E07AC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4E07AC

#48079D#41068E#3A057F#330571#2D0462#24034E#1D0340#160231#100122#090114

Tints of #4E07AC

#5C08C9#690AE6#7819F5#8A36F7#9E59F8#AF76F9#C093FB#D1B1FC#E2CEFD#F4EBFE

Tones of #4E07AC

#5013A0#511E94#532A89#55367C#564270#584E65

Color harmonies

Complementary — #64AB07:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text10.77:1 AAA
Against black text1.95:1 Fails

Best text color on #4E07AC: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4E07AC

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 #4E07AC: ·

How #4E07AC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #2F2F84Deuteranopia · #33397ATritanopia · #4A655E

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 · #673AB7Material Indigo 500 · #3F51B5Material Purple 500 · #9C27B0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4E07AC rather than the exact color:

Frozen Ruby Twilight
#4F16AC · #D630E5 · #ED6EB4 · #F29A9C
Silent Drift
#11AE94 · #1984C0 · #0B1B9F · #4B109E
Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Ruby Cascade
#5003C0 · #AB03A9 · #FF467A · #FFD51E
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2

Similar colors

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

#4F16AC#4B109E#4F0F9C#5711A0#5003C0#3E15AC#630EA7#610C9F#541BB8#6112B6#5A10C0#62109F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4E07AB  ·  #4E07AD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4E07AC?

#4E07AC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 78, 7, 172). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4E07AC?

#4E07AC is RGB 78, 7, 172 — HSL 266°, 92%, 35% — CMYK 55%, 96%, 0%, 33%.

What colors go with #4E07AC?

Its complement is #64AB07; analogous partners are #0712AB and #A007AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4E07AC for text?

White text on #4E07AC has a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.95:1.