#4B4E59#4B4E59

#4B4E59 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.019 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E59
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(227, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 1.38, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 7.00, 281.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.0011 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.019 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4288, 7.6658, 10.5375)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E59 #59564B

analogous

#4B5559 #4B4E59 #4F4B59

triadic

#4B4E59 #594B4E #4E594B

tetradic

#4B4E59 #594B55 #59564B #4B594F

square

#4B4E59 #594B55 #59564B #4B594F

split-complementary

#4B4E59 #594F4B #55594B

monochromatic

#131417 #2F3138 #4B4E59 #676B7A #868A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4B4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4B4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E59

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E59	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#485052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.019 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f87',
    500: '#4b4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e59;
$custom-light: #7d7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42528,
    "c": 0.01859,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E59

secondary

#878478

accent

#A576B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E59

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

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