#4B6597#4B6597

#4B6597 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.086 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B6597
RGB	rgb(75, 101, 151)
HSL	hsl(219, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(219, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 33.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 5.00, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 30.71, 279.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0109 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.086 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1394, 13.0367, 31.0961)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B6597 #977D4B

analogous

#4B8B97 #4B6597 #574B97

triadic

#4B6597 #974B65 #65974B

tetradic

#4B6597 #974B8B #977D4B #4B9757

square

#4B6597 #974B8B #977D4B #4B9757

split-complementary

#4B6597 #97574B #8B974B

monochromatic

#222E45 #374A6E #4B6597 #6A84B5 #93A6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#4B6597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#4B6597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B6597

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B6597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B6597	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b6597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 101, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.086 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8290b6',
    500: '#4b6597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b6597;
$custom-light: #8290b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b6597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.474,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50859,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B6597

secondary

#B6A688

accent

#A55ECA

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0C11

muted

#7C7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B6597

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

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