#4E5260#4E5260

#4E5260 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.024 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5260
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 96)
HSL	hsl(227, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 1.73, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 8.84, 281.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.0012 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.024 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2700, 8.4987, 12.2688)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5260 #605C4E

analogous

#4E5B60 #4E5260 #534E60

triadic

#4E5260 #604E52 #52604E

tetradic

#4E5260 #604E5B #605C4E #4E6053

square

#4E5260 #604E5B #605C4E #4E6053

split-complementary

#4E5260 #60534E #5B604E

monochromatic

#17181C #33353E #4E5260 #696F82 #898E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4E5260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5260 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5260

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5260	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.024 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f828d',
    500: '#4e5260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5260;
$custom-light: #7f828d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44026,
    "c": 0.02356,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5260

secondary

#8E8A7C

accent

#A575B3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5260

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →