#4E5569#4E5569

#4E5569 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.034 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5569
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 105)
HSL	hsl(224, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(224, 26%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 19%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 2.19, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 12.61, 280.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% -0.0001 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.034 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9395, 9.1364, 14.6544)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5569 #69624E

analogous

#4E6269 #4E5569 #544E69

triadic

#4E5569 #694E55 #55694E

tetradic

#4E5569 #694E62 #69624E #4E6954

square

#4E5569 #694E62 #69624E #4E6954

split-complementary

#4E5569 #69544E #62694E

monochromatic

#1A1C23 #343946 #4E5569 #68718C #8A91A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#4E5569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E5569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5569

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5569	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F566A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.034 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808494',
    500: '#4e5569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5569;
$custom-light: #808494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45113,
    "c": 0.03399,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5569

secondary

#968F7D

accent

#A570B8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5569

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

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