#4E5072#4E5072

#4E5072 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.056 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5072
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 114)
HSL	hsl(237, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 7.83, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 21.21, 291.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.0109 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.056 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0470, 8.5717, 17.0942)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5072 #72704E

analogous

#4E6272 #4E5072 #5E4E72

triadic

#4E5072 #724E50 #50724E

tetradic

#4E5072 #724E62 #72704E #4E725E

square

#4E5072 #724E62 #72704E #4E725E

split-complementary

#4E5072 #725E4E #62724E

monochromatic

#1C1D29 #35364E #4E5072 #676996 #8B8DB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E5072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5072

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5072	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.056 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80819a',
    500: '#4e5072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5072;
$custom-light: #80819a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44384,
    "c": 0.0557,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5072

secondary

#9D9B7F

accent

#B76CBB

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5072

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

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