#4E516F#4E516F

#4E516F is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.049 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E516F
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 111)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(235, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 27%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 6.35, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 18.71, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0084 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.049 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9528, 8.6520, 16.2342)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E516F #6F6C4E

analogous

#4E626F #4E516F #5C4E6F

triadic

#4E516F #6F4E51 #516F4E

tetradic

#4E516F #6F4E62 #6F6C4E #4E6F5C

square

#4E516F #6F4E62 #6F6C4E #4E6F5C

split-complementary

#4E516F #6F5C4E #626F4E

monochromatic

#1B1D27 #35374B #4E516F #676B93 #8A8EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E516F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E516F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E516F

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E516F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E516F	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47526E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e516f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.049 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808198',
    500: '#4e516f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e516f;
$custom-light: #808198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e516f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44463,
    "c": 0.04931,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E516F

secondary

#9A987E

accent

#B36EBA

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E516F

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

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