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#4FA6EE — Vivid Blue

#4FA6EE 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 #4FA6EE 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.

#4FA6EE 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 #EE964F; it also sits naturally between #4FEEE6 and #4F57EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4FA6EE · RGB 79, 166, 238

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Color values

HEX#4FA6EE
RGB79, 166, 238
HSL207°, 82%, 62%
HSV207°, 67%, 93%
CMYK67%, 30%, 0%, 7%
XYZ32.29, 35.11, 85.96
Yxy35.11, 0.2106, 0.2289
CIE-Lab65.83, -3.83, -43.76
Hunter Lab59.25, -3.29, -49.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 65% · Blue 93%

Cyan 67% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #4FA6EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4FA6EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4FA6EE

.text { color: #4FA6EE; }
.background { background-color: #4FA6EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4FA6EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(79, 166, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(207, 82%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4FA6EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(79, 166, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4FA6EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(79, 166, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4FA6EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4FA6EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4FA6EE

#3398EB#178AE8#157CD1#126CB5#0F5B99#0C4A7D#0A3A61#072C4A#051C2E#020B13

Tints of #4FA6EE

#5DADEF#6FB6F1#7DBDF2#90C7F4#9ECEF5#ABD5F7#BEDEF9#CCE5FA#DFEFFC#ECF6FD

Tones of #4FA6EE

#5AA5E2#65A4D7#71A3CC#7CA1C0#88A0B4#929FAA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EE964F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.62:1 Fails
Against black text8.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #4FA6EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4FA6EE

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 #4FA6EE: ·

How #4FA6EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7575DDDeuteranopia · #7069D8Tritanopia · #53CFCC

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 sky 500 · #0EA5E9

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4FA6EE rather than the exact color:

Royal Zephyr
#0E4149 · #103D9D · #4FAEF0 · #BCF9F9
Rustic Ruby Dusk
#46AAE7 · #677CE9 · #9A75F1 · #A412D4
Gentle Ruby Drift
#2DE756 · #6EE7B7 · #23BEBE · #54B1EB
Hidden Saffron
#0F429E · #55B1EF · #E9A11E · #EDDB92
Velvet Dusk
#0E67A9 · #47B0F0 · #F09149 · #F7DDC8
Golden Ruby Meadow
#10A287 · #35C2E0 · #589CEC · #1323C7

Similar colors

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

#4FAEF0#46AAE7#54B1EB#55B1EF#47B0F0#589CEC#4C9EE3#5AABE6#58B3EC#4798E9#51A5DD#5B9BE7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4FA6ED  ·  #4FA6EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4FA6EE?

#4FA6EE is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 79, 166, 238). Its closest standard named color is CornflowerBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4FA6EE?

#4FA6EE is RGB 79, 166, 238 — HSL 207°, 82%, 62% — CMYK 67%, 30%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #4FA6EE?

Its complement is #EE964F; analogous partners are #4FEEE6 and #4F57EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4FA6EE for text?

Black text on #4FA6EE has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.62:1.