#4E537E#4E537E

#4E537E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.070 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E537E
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 126)
HSL	hsl(234, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(234, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 9.41, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 26.63, 290.70°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.01 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.07 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0000, 9.3122, 21.0052)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E537E #7E794E

analogous

#4E6B7E #4E537E #614E7E

triadic

#4E537E #7E4E53 #537E4E

tetradic

#4E537E #7E4E6B #7E794E #4E7E61

square

#4E537E #7E4E6B #7E794E #4E7E61

split-complementary

#4E537E #7E614E #6B7E4E

monochromatic

#1F2132 #373A58 #4E537E #686EA1 #8E92B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4E537E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E537E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E537E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E537E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E537E	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#405B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e537e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.070 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8183a3',
    500: '#4e537e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e537e;
$custom-light: #8183a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e537e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45676,
    "c": 0.07029,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E537E

secondary

#A6A282

accent

#B768C0

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFEFF4

border

#CACACE

text

#0A0A0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E537E

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

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