#4E486F#4E486F

#4E486F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.064 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E486F
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 111)
HSL	hsl(249, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 12.14, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 24.80, 299.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0224 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.064 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3278, 7.4020, 16.0258)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E486F #696F48

analogous

#48556F #4E486F #61486F

triadic

#4E486F #6F4E48 #486F4E

tetradic

#4E486F #6F4855 #696F48 #486F61

square

#4E486F #6F4855 #696F48 #486F61

split-complementary

#4E486F #6F6148 #556F48

monochromatic

#1A1825 #34304A #4E486F #686094 #8A83AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E486F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E486F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E486F

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E486F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E486F	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e486f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.064 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b98',
    500: '#4e486f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e486f;
$custom-light: #807b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e486f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42456,
    "c": 0.06413,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E486F

secondary

#969B78

accent

#BE6AB1

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E486F

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

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