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#4E91FD — Vivid Blue

#4E91FD is a blue color we call Vivid Blue, closest to the named color CornflowerBlue (#6495ED). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: cornflowerblue (#6495ED) — not an exact match. CSS cornflowerblue gives you #6495ED, a different color; use #4E91FD 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.

#4E91FD is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. 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 #FDBA4E; it also sits naturally between #4EE9FD and #634EFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4E91FD · RGB 78, 145, 253

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Color values

HEX#4E91FD
RGB78, 145, 253
HSL217°, 98%, 65%
HSV217°, 69%, 99%
CMYK69%, 43%, 0%, 1%
XYZ31.00, 28.96, 96.89
Yxy28.96, 0.1976, 0.1847
CIE-Lab60.75, 13.35, -60.04
Hunter Lab53.82, 11.69, -74.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 57% · Blue 99%

Cyan 69% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4E91FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4E91FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4E91FD

.text { color: #4E91FD; }
.background { background-color: #4E91FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4E91FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 145, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(217, 98%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4E91FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 145, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4E91FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 145, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4E91FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4E91FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4E91FD

#307FFD#126CFD#025CED#0251CF#0245B1#01378D#012B6F#011F51#011432#000814

Tints of #4E91FD

#5D9BFD#6DA4FE#7CAEFE#8BB7FE#9FC3FE#AECDFE#BDD6FE#CDE0FE#DCE9FF#EBF2FF

Tones of #4E91FD

#5B94F1#6797E4#749AD8#809DCB#8DA0BF#99A3B2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDBA4E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.09:1 AA large only
Against black text6.79:1 AA

Best text color on #4E91FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4E91FD

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 #4E91FD: ·

How #4E91FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6B6CE3Deuteranopia · #6762DDTritanopia · #51CECA

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 blue 500 · #3B82F6Material Blue 500 · #2196F3Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4E91FD rather than the exact color:

Vivid Orchard
#191309 · #67FA4C · #498FFE · #F8247F
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette 448ef6
#448EF6 · #75C2F6 · #65DAF7 · #FFE981
Palette 00204a
#00204A · #005792 · #448EF6 · #FDB44B
Tranquil Twilight
#25090E · #D7FE3D · #C313FA · #5384F9

Similar colors

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

#498FFE#5996FF#578EF5#448EF6#5384F9#5089F0#5281F9#517FF8#5F9DF7#3A9AFF#5387EA#4798E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4E91FC  ·  #4E91FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4E91FD?

#4E91FD is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 78, 145, 253). Its closest standard named color is CornflowerBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4E91FD?

#4E91FD is RGB 78, 145, 253 — HSL 217°, 98%, 65% — CMYK 69%, 43%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #4E91FD?

Its complement is #FDBA4E; analogous partners are #4EE9FD and #634EFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4E91FD for text?

Black text on #4E91FD has a contrast ratio of 6.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.09:1.