#4E506F#4E506F

#4E506F is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.051 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E506F
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 111)
HSL	hsl(236, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, 6.99, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 19.35, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.0099 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.051 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8790, 8.5045, 16.2096)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E506F #6F6D4E

analogous

#4E616F #4E506F #5D4E6F

triadic

#4E506F #6F4E50 #506F4E

tetradic

#4E506F #6F4E61 #6F6D4E #4E6F5D

square

#4E506F #6F4E61 #6F6D4E #4E6F5D

split-complementary

#4E506F #6F5D4E #616F4E

monochromatic

#1B1C27 #35364B #4E506F #676A93 #8A8CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#4E506F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E506F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E506F

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E506F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E506F	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46516E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e506f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.051 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808198',
    500: '#4e506f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e506f;
$custom-light: #808198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e506f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44236,
    "c": 0.05085,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E506F

secondary

#9A997E

accent

#B66EBA

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E506F

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

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