#4B596E#4B596E

#4B596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.039 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B596E
RGB	rgb(75, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(216, 19%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 32%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 0.04, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 13.75, 270.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% -0.0078 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.039 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2877, 9.7660, 16.1445)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B596E #6E604B

analogous

#4B6B6E #4B596E #4F4B6E

triadic

#4B596E #6E4B59 #596E4B

tetradic

#4B596E #6E4B6B #6E604B #4B6E4F

square

#4B596E #6E4B6B #6E604B #4B6E4F

split-complementary

#4B596E #6E4F4B #6B6E4B

monochromatic

#191E25 #323C4A #4B596E #647692 #8796AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4B596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4B596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B596E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B596E	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E576E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.039 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8797',
    500: '#4b596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b596e;
$custom-light: #7e8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46039,
    "c": 0.0386,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B596E

secondary

#9A8D7B

accent

#9C6CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B596E

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

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