#4C596D#4C596D

#4C596D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.037 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C596D
RGB	rgb(76, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(216, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 30%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 0.10, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 13.08, 270.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% -0.007 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.037 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3124, 9.7851, 15.8631)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C596D #6D604C

analogous

#4C6A6D #4C596D #504C6D

triadic

#4C596D #6D4C59 #596D4C

tetradic

#4C596D #6D4C6A #6D604C #4C6D50

square

#4C596D #6D4C6A #6D604C #4C6D50

split-complementary

#4C596D #6D504C #6A6D4C

monochromatic

#1A1E25 #333C49 #4C596D #657691 #8896AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#4C596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4C596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C596D

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C596D	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)

#525A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F576D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.037 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8796',
    500: '#4c596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c596d;
$custom-light: #7f8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 17.838,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46072,
    "c": 0.03657,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C596D

secondary

#998D7C

accent

#9C6DBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C596D

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

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