#4E516B#4E516B

#4E516B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.043 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E516B
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 107)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, 5.25, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 16.23, 288.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.007 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.043 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7375, 8.5659, 15.1001)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E516B #6B684E

analogous

#4E606B #4E516B #5A4E6B

triadic

#4E516B #6B4E51 #516B4E

tetradic

#4E516B #6B4E60 #6B684E #4E6B5A

square

#4E516B #6B4E60 #6B684E #4E6B5A

split-complementary

#4E516B #6B5A4E #606B4E

monochromatic

#1A1B24 #343648 #4E516B #686C8E #8A8DAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E516B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E516B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E516B

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E516B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E516B	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)

#4A546C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48526A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.043 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808195',
    500: '#4e516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e516b;
$custom-light: #808195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44274,
    "c": 0.04283,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E516B

secondary

#97957E

accent

#B16FB8

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF1

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E516B

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

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