#4E5560#4E5560

#4E5560 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.020 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5560
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(217, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(217, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -0.14, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 7.30, 268.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% -0.0037 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.02 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5012, 8.9611, 12.3458)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5560 #60594E

analogous

#4E5E60 #4E5560 #504E60

triadic

#4E5560 #604E55 #55604E

tetradic

#4E5560 #604E5E #60594E #4E6050

square

#4E5560 #604E5E #60594E #4E6050

split-complementary

#4E5560 #60504E #5E604E

monochromatic

#17191C #33373E #4E5560 #697382 #89929F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4E5560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5560 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5560

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5560	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.020 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f848d',
    500: '#4e5560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5560;
$custom-light: #7f848d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44738,
    "c": 0.02013,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5560

secondary

#8E877C

accent

#9B75B3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5560

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

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