#4E515E#4E515E

#4E515E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.022 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E515E
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 13.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 1.86, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 8.19, 283.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.002 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.022 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1042, 8.3126, 11.7650)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E515E #5E5B4E

analogous

#4E595E #4E515E #534E5E

triadic

#4E515E #5E4E51 #515E4E

tetradic

#4E515E #5E4E59 #5E5B4E #4E5E53

square

#4E515E #5E4E59 #5E5B4E #4E5E53

split-complementary

#4E515E #5E534E #595E4E

monochromatic

#16171B #32343D #4E515E #6A6E7F #898D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4E515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E515E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E515E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E515E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.022 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f818b',
    500: '#4e515e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e515e;
$custom-light: #7f818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43708,
    "c": 0.0217,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E515E

secondary

#8C897C

accent

#A776B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E515E

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

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