#4E556D#4E556D

#4E556D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.040 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E556D
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(226, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(226, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 22%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 3.27, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 15.02, 282.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.0014 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.04 272)
XYZ	xyz(9.1500, 9.2206, 15.7627)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E556D #6D664E

analogous

#4E656D #4E556D #574E6D

triadic

#4E556D #6D4E55 #556D4E

tetradic

#4E556D #6D4E65 #6D664E #4E6D57

square

#4E556D #6D4E65 #6D664E #4E6D57

split-complementary

#4E556D #6D574E #656D4E

monochromatic

#1B1D26 #343949 #4E556D #687191 #8A92AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E556D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E556D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E556D	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B546C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.040 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808497',
    500: '#4e556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e556d;
$custom-light: #808497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45291,
    "c": 0.04033,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E556D

secondary

#99937E

accent

#A86FB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E556D

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

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