#4E5265#4E5265

#4E5265 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.032 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5265
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 101)
HSL	hsl(230, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(230, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, 3.02, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 11.91, 284.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.0032 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.032 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5076, 8.5937, 13.5199)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5265 #65614E

analogous

#4E5D65 #4E5265 #554E65

triadic

#4E5265 #654E52 #52654E

tetradic

#4E5265 #654E5D #65614E #4E6555

square

#4E5265 #654E5D #65614E #4E6555

split-complementary

#4E5265 #65554E #5D654E

monochromatic

#191A20 #333642 #4E5265 #696E88 #898EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#4E5265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E5265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5265

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5265	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)

#4D5466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.032 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808291',
    500: '#4e5265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5265;
$custom-light: #808291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44237,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5265

secondary

#928E7D

accent

#AA72B6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5265

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

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