#4E516D#4E516D

#4E516D is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.046 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E516D
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.22, 5.80, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.22, 17.47, 289.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0077 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.046 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8439, 8.6085, 15.6607)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E516D #6D6A4E

analogous

#4E616D #4E516D #5B4E6D

triadic

#4E516D #6D4E51 #516D4E

tetradic

#4E516D #6D4E61 #6D6A4E #4E6D5B

square

#4E516D #6D4E61 #6D6A4E #4E6D5B

split-complementary

#4E516D #6D5B4E #616D4E

monochromatic

#1B1C26 #343649 #4E516D #686C91 #8A8DAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#4E516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E516D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E516D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E516D	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49546E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48526C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.046 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808197',
    500: '#4e516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e516d;
$custom-light: #808197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44368,
    "c": 0.04607,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E516D

secondary

#99967E

accent

#B26FB9

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E516D

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

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