#4E516C#4E516C

#4E516C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.044 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E516C
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 108)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 25%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 5.52, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 16.85, 289.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.0073 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.044 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7904, 8.5871, 15.3788)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E516C #6C694E

analogous

#4E606C #4E516C #5A4E6C

triadic

#4E516C #6C4E51 #516C4E

tetradic

#4E516C #6C4E60 #6C694E #4E6C5A

square

#4E516C #6C4E60 #6C694E #4E6C5A

split-complementary

#4E516C #6C5A4E #606C4E

monochromatic

#1B1C25 #343648 #4E516C #686C90 #8A8DAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4E516C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E516C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E516C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E516C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E516C	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49546D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48526B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e516c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.044 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808196',
    500: '#4e516c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e516c;
$custom-light: #808196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e516c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44321,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E516C

secondary

#98957E

accent

#B16FB9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E516C

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

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