#4E5263#4E5263

#4E5263 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.028 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5263
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 99)
HSL	hsl(229, 12%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 21%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 2.50, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 10.68, 283.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.0024 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.028 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4108, 8.5550, 13.0101)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5263 #635F4E

analogous

#4E5D63 #4E5263 #554E63

triadic

#4E5263 #634E52 #52634E

tetradic

#4E5263 #634E5D #635F4E #4E6355

square

#4E5263 #634E5D #635F4E #4E6355

split-complementary

#4E5263 #63554E #5D634E

monochromatic

#18191F #333641 #4E5263 #696E85 #898EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4E5263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5263 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5263

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5263	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.028 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f828f',
    500: '#4e5263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5263;
$custom-light: #7f828f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44151,
    "c": 0.02839,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5263

secondary

#908D7C

accent

#A873B5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5263

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

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