#4E5566#4E5566

#4E5566 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.029 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5566
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(223, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(223, 24%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 1.40, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 10.81, 277.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% -0.0012 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.029 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7880, 9.0758, 13.8566)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5566 #665F4E

analogous

#4E6166 #4E5566 #534E66

triadic

#4E5566 #664E55 #55664E

tetradic

#4E5566 #664E61 #665F4E #4E6653

square

#4E5566 #664E61 #665F4E #4E6653

split-complementary

#4E5566 #66534E #61664E

monochromatic

#191B21 #333843 #4E5566 #697289 #8991A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#4E5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4E5566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5566

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5566	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.029 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808491',
    500: '#4e5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5566;
$custom-light: #808491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44984,
    "c": 0.02928,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5566

secondary

#938D7D

accent

#A272B6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5566

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

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