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#4EA3FC — Vivid Blue

#4EA3FC 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 #4EA3FC 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.

#4EA3FC 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 #FCA94F; it also sits naturally between #4FF9FC and #524FFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4EA3FC · RGB 78, 163, 252

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Color values

HEX#4EA3FC
RGB78, 163, 252
HSL211°, 97%, 65%
HSV211°, 69%, 99%
CMYK69%, 35%, 0%, 1%
XYZ33.81, 34.84, 97.04
Yxy34.84, 0.2041, 0.2103
CIE-Lab65.63, 2.44, -51.73
Hunter Lab59.03, 2.13, -61.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 64% · Blue 99%

Cyan 69% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4EA3FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4EA3FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4EA3FC

.text { color: #4EA3FC; }
.background { background-color: #4EA3FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4EA3FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 163, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(211, 97%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4EA3FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 163, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4EA3FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 163, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4EA3FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4EA3FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4EA3FC

#3193FC#1383FB#0474EC#0365CE#0356B0#02458D#02366F#012750#011932#000A14

Tints of #4EA3FC

#5EABFD#6DB3FD#7CBBFD#8BC2FD#A0CDFE#AFD5FE#BEDDFE#CDE5FE#DCEDFE#EBF4FF

Tones of #4EA3FC

#5CA3F0#68A4E3#75A4D7#80A5CB#8DA5BF#99A5B2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCA94F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.64:1 Fails
Against black text7.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #4EA3FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4EA3FC

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 #4EA3FC: ·

How #4EA3FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7374E6Deuteranopia · #6E68E1Tritanopia · #52D5D2

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 #4EA3FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Fe9ec7
#FE9EC7 · #F9F6C4 · #89D4FF · #44ACFF
Palette Faffaf
#FAFFAF · #96C9F4 · #3FA2F6 · #0F67B1
Royal Zephyr
#0E4149 · #103D9D · #4FAEF0 · #BCF9F9
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Palette Ff731d
#FF731D · #FFF7E9 · #5F9DF7 · #1746A2
Velvet Dusk
#0E67A9 · #47B0F0 · #F09149 · #F7DDC8

Similar colors

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

#44ACFF#3FA2F6#4FAEF0#5996FF#5F9DF7#47B0F0#5AB2FF#47B5FF#60ABFB#589CEC#3CACFA#55B1EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4EA3FB  ·  #4EA3FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4EA3FC?

#4EA3FC is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 78, 163, 252). Its closest standard named color is CornflowerBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4EA3FC?

#4EA3FC is RGB 78, 163, 252 — HSL 211°, 97%, 65% — CMYK 69%, 35%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #4EA3FC?

Its complement is #FCA94F; analogous partners are #4FF9FC and #524FFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4EA3FC for text?

Black text on #4EA3FC has a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.64:1.