#4C596E#4C596E

#4C596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.038 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C596E
RGB	rgb(76, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 31%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 0.37, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 13.64, 271.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% -0.0066 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.038 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3665, 9.8067, 16.1482)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C596E #6E614C

analogous

#4C6A6E #4C596E #504C6E

triadic

#4C596E #6E4C59 #596E4C

tetradic

#4C596E #6E4C6A #6E614C #4C6E50

square

#4C596E #6E4C6A #6E614C #4C6E50

split-complementary

#4C596E #6E504C #6A6E4C

monochromatic

#1A1E26 #333C4A #4C596E #657692 #8896AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#4C596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4C596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C596E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C596E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E576E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.038 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8797',
    500: '#4c596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c596e;
$custom-light: #7f8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.059,
    "s": 18.28,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46116,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C596E

secondary

#9A8E7C

accent

#9D6DBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C596E

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

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