#4E5568#4E5568

#4E5568 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.032 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5568
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 104)
HSL	hsl(224, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(224, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 18.3%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.21, 1.92, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.21, 12.01, 279.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0004 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.032 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8884, 9.1160, 14.3853)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5568 #68614E

analogous

#4E6268 #4E5568 #544E68

triadic

#4E5568 #684E55 #55684E

tetradic

#4E5568 #684E62 #68614E #4E6854

square

#4E5568 #684E62 #68614E #4E6854

split-complementary

#4E5568 #68544E #62684E

monochromatic

#1A1C22 #343845 #4E5568 #68728B #8A91A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#4E5568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4E5568 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5568

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5568	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.032 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808493',
    500: '#4e5568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5568;
$custom-light: #808493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4507,
    "c": 0.03241,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5568

secondary

#958E7D

accent

#A471B7

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5568

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

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