#4E505C#4E505C

#4E505C is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.020 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E505C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 13%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.25, 1.99, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.25, 7.54, 285.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.0028 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.02 278)
XYZ	xyz(7.9419, 8.1296, 11.2739)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E505C #5C5A4E

analogous

#4E575C #4E505C #534E5C

triadic

#4E505C #5C4E50 #505C4E

tetradic

#4E505C #5C4E57 #5C5A4E #4E5C53

square

#4E505C #5C4E57 #5C5A4E #4E5C53

split-complementary

#4E505C #5C534E #575C4E

monochromatic

#16161A #32333B #4E505C #6A6D7D #898C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E505C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E505C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E505C	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D515D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.020 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f818a',
    500: '#4e505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e505c;
$custom-light: #7f818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43392,
    "c": 0.01987,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.0813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E505C

secondary

#8A887C

accent

#A977B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E505C

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

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