#4E5565#4E5565

#4E5565 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.028 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5565
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(222, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.09, 1.13, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.09, 10.22, 276.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% -0.0016 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.028 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7387, 9.0561, 13.5970)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5565 #655E4E

analogous

#4E6065 #4E5565 #524E65

triadic

#4E5565 #654E55 #55654E

tetradic

#4E5565 #654E60 #655E4E #4E6552

square

#4E5565 #654E60 #655E4E #4E6552

split-complementary

#4E5565 #65524E #60654E

monochromatic

#191B20 #333842 #4E5565 #697288 #8991A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#4E5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#4E5565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5565

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5565	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.028 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808490',
    500: '#4e5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5565;
$custom-light: #808490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44942,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5565

secondary

#928C7D

accent

#A172B6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5565

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

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