#4A596F#4A596F

#4A596F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.041 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A596F
RGB	rgb(74, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(216, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 33%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, -0.00, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 14.43, 269.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% -0.0085 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.041 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2648, 9.7479, 16.4292)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A596F #6F604A

analogous

#4A6C6F #4A596F #4E4A6F

triadic

#4A596F #6F4A59 #596F4A

tetradic

#4A596F #6F4A6C #6F604A #4A6F4E

square

#4A596F #6F4A6C #6F604A #4A6F4E

split-complementary

#4A596F #6F4E4A #6C6F4A

monochromatic

#191E26 #323C4A #4A596F #627694 #8596AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#4A596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4A596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A596F

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A596F	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.041 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8798',
    500: '#4a596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a596f;
$custom-light: #7d8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46008,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A596F

secondary

#9B8D7A

accent

#9C6BBD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A596F

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

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