#4A4E72#4A4E72

#4A4E72 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.060 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E72
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(234, 21%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(234, 35%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, 7.83, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 22.56, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.009 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.06 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5848, 8.1192, 17.0312)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E72 #726E4A

analogous

#4A6272 #4A4E72 #5A4A72

triadic

#4A4E72 #724A4E #4E724A

tetradic

#4A4E72 #724A62 #726E4A #4A725A

square

#4A4E72 #724A62 #726E4A #4A725A

split-complementary

#4A4E72 #725A4A #62724A

monochromatic

#1A1B28 #32354D #4A4E72 #626797 #868AB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4A4E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4A4E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E72

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E72	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.060 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f9a',
    500: '#4a4e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e72;
$custom-light: #7e7f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43592,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E72

secondary

#9D9A7B

accent

#B56ABE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E72

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

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