#4B596D#4B596D

#4B596D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.037 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B596D
RGB	rgb(75, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(215, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(215, 31%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, -0.23, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 13.20, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46% -0.0082 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(46% 0.037 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2335, 9.7444, 15.8594)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B596D #6D5F4B

analogous

#4B6A6D #4B596D #4E4B6D

triadic

#4B596D #6D4B59 #596D4B

tetradic

#4B596D #6D4B6A #6D5F4B #4B6D4E

square

#4B596D #6D4B6A #6D5F4B #4B6D4E

split-complementary

#4B596D #6D4E4B #6A6D4B

monochromatic

#191E24 #323B49 #4B596D #647791 #8696AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#4B596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4B596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B596D

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B596D	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)

#525A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.037 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8796',
    500: '#4b596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b596d;
$custom-light: #7e8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 18.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45995,
    "c": 0.03715,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B596D

secondary

#998D7B

accent

#9B6DBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B596D

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

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