#4A4E59#4A4E59

#4A4E59 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.019 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E59
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(224, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 1.00, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 7.07, 278.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0001 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.019 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3512, 7.6258, 10.5339)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E59 #59554A

analogous

#4A5659 #4A4E59 #4E4A59

triadic

#4A4E59 #594A4E #4E594A

tetradic

#4A4E59 #594A56 #59554A #4A594E

square

#4A4E59 #594A56 #59554A #4A594E

split-complementary

#4A4E59 #594E4A #56594A

monochromatic

#121316 #2E3138 #4A4E59 #666B7A #848A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4A4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4A4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E59

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E59	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.019 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f87',
    500: '#4a4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e59;
$custom-light: #7c7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 9.202,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42439,
    "c": 0.01895,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E59

secondary

#888377

accent

#A276B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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