#4E515D#4E515D

#4E515D is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.020 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E515D
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 93)
HSL	hsl(228, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 1.61, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 7.57, 282.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.0016 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.02 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0596, 8.2948, 11.5302)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E515D #5D5A4E

analogous

#4E585D #4E515D #524E5D

triadic

#4E515D #5D4E51 #515D4E

tetradic

#4E515D #5D4E58 #5D5A4E #4E5D52

square

#4E515D #5D4E58 #5D5A4E #4E5D52

split-complementary

#4E515D #5D524E #585D4E

monochromatic

#16171A #32343C #4E515D #6A6E7E #898D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E515D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E515D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E515D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E515D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E515D	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E525E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e515d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.020 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f818a',
    500: '#4e515d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e515d;
$custom-light: #7f818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e515d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43668,
    "c": 0.02008,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E515D

secondary

#8B887C

accent

#A676B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E515D

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

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