#4A596E#4A596E

#4A596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.039 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A596E
RGB	rgb(74, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(215, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(215, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -0.28, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 13.88, 268.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% -0.0089 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.039 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2101, 9.7260, 16.1409)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A596E #6E5F4A

analogous

#4A6B6E #4A596E #4D4A6E

triadic

#4A596E #6E4A59 #596E4A

tetradic

#4A596E #6E4A6B #6E5F4A #4A6E4D

square

#4A596E #6E4A6B #6E5F4A #4A6E4D

split-complementary

#4A596E #6E4D4A #6B6E4A

monochromatic

#191E25 #313B49 #4A596E #637793 #8596AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4A596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4A596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A596E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A596E	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.039 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8797',
    500: '#4a596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a596e;
$custom-light: #7d8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45963,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A596E

secondary

#9A8D7A

accent

#9B6CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A596E

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

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