#4E556C#4E556C

#4E556C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.039 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E556C
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(226, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(226, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 3.00, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 14.42, 282.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% 0.0011 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.039 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0964, 9.1992, 15.4808)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E556C #6C654E

analogous

#4E646C #4E556C #564E6C

triadic

#4E556C #6C4E55 #556C4E

tetradic

#4E556C #6C4E64 #6C654E #4E6C56

square

#4E556C #6C4E64 #6C654E #4E6C56

split-complementary

#4E556C #6C564E #646C4E

monochromatic

#1B1D25 #343948 #4E556C #687190 #8A92AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4E556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E556C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E556C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E556C	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C546B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.039 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808496',
    500: '#4e556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e556c;
$custom-light: #808496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45246,
    "c": 0.03873,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E556C

secondary

#98927E

accent

#A86FB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E556C

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

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