#4B6599#4B6599

#4B6599 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.089 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B6599
RGB	rgb(75, 101, 153)
HSL	hsl(220, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(220, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 34%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 5.65, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 31.84, 280.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% -0.0103 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.089 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3032, 13.1022, 31.9588)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B6599 #997F4B

analogous

#4B8C99 #4B6599 #584B99

triadic

#4B6599 #994B65 #65994B

tetradic

#4B6599 #994B8C #997F4B #4B9958

square

#4B6599 #994B8C #997F4B #4B9958

split-complementary

#4B6599 #99584B #8C994B

monochromatic

#232F47 #374A70 #4B6599 #6B84B6 #94A6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#4B6599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#4B6599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B6599

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B6599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B6599	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51699B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b6599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 101, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.089 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8290b7',
    500: '#4b6599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b6599;
$custom-light: #8290b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b6599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50968,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B6599

secondary

#B7A789

accent

#A65ECA

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0C11

muted

#7C7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B6599

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

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