#4E505E#4E505E

#4E505E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.023 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E505E
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(233, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(233, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 2.49, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 8.79, 286.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.0036 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.023 279)
XYZ	xyz(8.0305, 8.1651, 11.7404)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E505E #5E5C4E

analogous

#4E585E #4E505E #544E5E

triadic

#4E505E #5E4E50 #505E4E

tetradic

#4E505E #5E4E58 #5E5C4E #4E5E54

square

#4E505E #5E4E58 #5E5C4E #4E5E54

split-complementary

#4E505E #5E544E #585E4E

monochromatic

#16171B #32343D #4E505E #6A6C7F #898C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E505E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E505E	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C515F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.023 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f818b',
    500: '#4e505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e505e;
$custom-light: #7f818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43473,
    "c": 0.02313,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.08165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E505E

secondary

#8C8A7C

accent

#AB76B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E505E

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

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