#4E506D#4E506D

#4E506D is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.048 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E506D
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 109)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, 6.44, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 18.11, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.0092 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.048 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7701, 8.4609, 15.6361)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E506D #6D6B4E

analogous

#4E606D #4E506D #5C4E6D

triadic

#4E506D #6D4E50 #506D4E

tetradic

#4E506D #6D4E60 #6D6B4E #4E6D5C

square

#4E506D #6D4E60 #6D6B4E #4E6D5C

split-complementary

#4E506D #6D5C4E #606D4E

monochromatic

#1B1C26 #343649 #4E506D #686A91 #8A8CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4E506D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E506D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E506D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E506D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E506D	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48536E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47516C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e506d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.048 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808197',
    500: '#4e506d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e506d;
$custom-light: #808197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e506d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44139,
    "c": 0.04762,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E506D

secondary

#99977E

accent

#B46FB9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E506D

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

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