#4E4E70#4E4E70

#4E4E70 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.056 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E70
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 112)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(240, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 8.55, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 21.30, 293.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0133 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.056 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7901, 8.2381, 16.4531)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E70 #70704E

analogous

#4E5F70 #4E4E70 #5F4E70

triadic

#4E4E70 #704E4E #4E704E

tetradic

#4E4E70 #704E5F #70704E #4E705F

square

#4E4E70 #704E5F #70704E #4E705F

split-complementary

#4E4E70 #705F4E #5F704E

monochromatic

#1C1C28 #35354C #4E4E70 #676794 #8B8BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#4E4E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E4E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E70

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E70	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43506F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.056 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f99',
    500: '#4e4e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e70;
$custom-light: #807f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43834,
    "c": 0.05565,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E70

secondary

#9B9B7F

accent

#BB6DBB

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E70

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

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