#4E496F#4E496F

#4E496F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.062 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E496F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 111)
HSL	hsl(248, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(248, 34%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 11.49, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 24.10, 298.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0208 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.062 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3929, 7.5323, 16.0475)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E496F #6A6F49

analogous

#49576F #4E496F #61496F

triadic

#4E496F #6F4E49 #496F4E

tetradic

#4E496F #6F4957 #6A6F49 #496F61

square

#4E496F #6F4957 #6A6F49 #496F61

split-complementary

#4E496F #6F6149 #576F49

monochromatic

#1A1825 #34314A #4E496F #686194 #8A84AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E496F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E496F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E496F

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E496F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E496F	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F4D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e496f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.062 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b98',
    500: '#4e496f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e496f;
$custom-light: #807b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e496f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 20.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42674,
    "c": 0.0624,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E496F

secondary

#969B79

accent

#BD6BB2

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E496F

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

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