#4E5161#4E5161

#4E5161 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.027 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5161
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 97)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.74, 2.61, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.74, 10.04, 285.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0032 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.027 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2415, 8.3675, 12.4878)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5161 #615E4E

analogous

#4E5B61 #4E5161 #554E61

triadic

#4E5161 #614E51 #51614E

tetradic

#4E5161 #614E5B #615E4E #4E6155

square

#4E5161 #614E5B #615E4E #4E6155

split-complementary

#4E5161 #61554E #5B614E

monochromatic

#17181D #33353F #4E5161 #696D83 #898DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#4E5161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5161

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5161	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.027 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f818e',
    500: '#4e5161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5161;
$custom-light: #7f818e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 10.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43832,
    "c": 0.02656,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5161

secondary

#8F8C7C

accent

#AA74B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5161

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

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