#4E496B#4E496B

#4E496B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.056 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E496B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(249, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(249, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 10.38, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 21.61, 298.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0197 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.056 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1776, 7.4462, 14.9135)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E496B #666B49

analogous

#49556B #4E496B #5F496B

triadic

#4E496B #6B4E49 #496B4E

tetradic

#4E496B #6B4955 #666B49 #496B5F

square

#4E496B #6B4955 #666B49 #496B5F

split-complementary

#4E496B #6B5F49 #556B49

monochromatic

#191722 #333047 #4E496B #69628F #8984AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E496B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E496B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.056 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b95',
    500: '#4e496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e496b;
$custom-light: #807b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42469,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E496B

secondary

#939878

accent

#BC6CB0

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF1

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E496B

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

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