#4E4E72#4E4E72

#4E4E72 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.059 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E72
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(240, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 9.12, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 22.54, 293.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.014 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.059 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9027, 8.2832, 17.0461)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E72 #72724E

analogous

#4E6072 #4E4E72 #604E72

triadic

#4E4E72 #724E4E #4E724E

tetradic

#4E4E72 #724E60 #72724E #4E7260

square

#4E4E72 #724E60 #72724E #4E7260

split-complementary

#4E4E72 #72604E #60724E

monochromatic

#1C1C29 #35354E #4E4E72 #676796 #8B8BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E4E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E4E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E72

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E72	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.059 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f9a',
    500: '#4e4e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e72;
$custom-light: #807f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43935,
    "c": 0.05888,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E72

secondary

#9D9D7F

accent

#BB6CBB

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E72

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

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