#4E506B#4E506B

#4E506B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.044 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E506B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 107)
HSL	hsl(236, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, 5.89, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 16.87, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.0086 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.044 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6637, 8.4184, 15.0755)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E506B #6B694E

analogous

#4E5F6B #4E506B #5B4E6B

triadic

#4E506B #6B4E50 #506B4E

tetradic

#4E506B #6B4E5F #6B694E #4E6B5B

square

#4E506B #6B4E5F #6B694E #4E6B5B

split-complementary

#4E506B #6B5B4E #5F6B4E

monochromatic

#1A1B24 #343648 #4E506B #686A8E #8A8CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E506B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E506B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E506B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E506B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E506B	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49536C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47516A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e506b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.044 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808195',
    500: '#4e506b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e506b;
$custom-light: #808195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e506b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44044,
    "c": 0.04436,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E506B

secondary

#97957E

accent

#B36FB8

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF1

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E506B

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

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