#4E506A#4E506A

#4E506A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.043 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E506A
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 106)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 5.61, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 16.25, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.0082 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.043 281)
XYZ	xyz(8.6114, 8.3974, 14.8000)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E506A #6A684E

analogous

#4E5E6A #4E506A #5A4E6A

triadic

#4E506A #6A4E50 #506A4E

tetradic

#4E506A #6A4E5E #6A684E #4E6A5A

square

#4E506A #6A4E5E #6A684E #4E6A5A

split-complementary

#4E506A #6A5A4E #5E6A4E

monochromatic

#1A1B23 #343547 #4E506A #686B8D #8A8CA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4E506A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E506A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E506A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E506A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E506A	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49536B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e506a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.043 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808194',
    500: '#4e506a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e506a;
$custom-light: #808194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e506a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43998,
    "c": 0.04273,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E506A

secondary

#96957D

accent

#B370B8

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF1

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E506A

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

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