#4E496D#4E496D

#4E496D is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.059 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E496D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 109)
HSL	hsl(248, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(248, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 33%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 10.93, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 22.85, 298.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0203 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.059 290)
XYZ	xyz(8.2841, 7.4888, 15.4741)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E496D #686D49

analogous

#49566D #4E496D #60496D

triadic

#4E496D #6D4E49 #496D4E

tetradic

#4E496D #6D4956 #686D49 #496D60

square

#4E496D #6D4956 #686D49 #496D60

split-complementary

#4E496D #6D6049 #566D49

monochromatic

#1A1824 #343048 #4E496D #686292 #8A84AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#4E496D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E496D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E496D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E496D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E496D	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e496d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.059 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b97',
    500: '#4e496d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e496d;
$custom-light: #807b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e496d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.333,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.05921,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.07489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E496D

secondary

#959979

accent

#BC6BB1

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E496D

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

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