#4E535D#4E535D

#4E535D is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.018 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E535D
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 93)
HSL	hsl(220, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(220, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.20, 0.36, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.20, 6.50, 273.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% -0.0017 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.018 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2105, 8.5964, 11.5805)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E535D #5D584E

analogous

#4E5A5D #4E535D #504E5D

triadic

#4E535D #5D4E53 #535D4E

tetradic

#4E535D #5D4E5A #5D584E #4E5D50

square

#4E535D #5D4E5A #5D584E #4E5D50

split-complementary

#4E535D #5D504E #5A5D4E

monochromatic

#16181A #32353C #4E535D #6A717E #89909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#4E535D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E535D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E535D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E535D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E535D	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)

#50545E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e535d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.018 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f838a',
    500: '#4e535d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e535d;
$custom-light: #7f838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e535d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44143,
    "c": 0.01764,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E535D

secondary

#8B867C

accent

#9E76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E535D

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

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