#4B596F#4B596F

#4B596F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.040 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B596F
RGB	rgb(75, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(217, 19%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 32%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 0.32, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 14.32, 271.30°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% -0.0074 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.04 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3424, 9.7879, 16.4329)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B596F #6F614B

analogous

#4B6B6F #4B596F #4F4B6F

triadic

#4B596F #6F4B59 #596F4B

tetradic

#4B596F #6F4B6B #6F614B #4B6F4F

square

#4B596F #6F4B6B #6F614B #4B6F4F

split-complementary

#4B596F #6F4F4B #6B6F4B

monochromatic

#1A1E26 #323C4A #4B596F #647694 #8796AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#4B596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4B596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B596F

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B596F	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E576F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.040 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8798',
    500: '#4b596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b596f;
$custom-light: #7e8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46083,
    "c": 0.04007,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B596F

secondary

#9B8E7B

accent

#9D6CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B596F

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

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