#4E556E#4E556E

#4E556E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.042 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E556E
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(227, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(227, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 3.54, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 15.63, 283.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.0018 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.042 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2041, 9.2422, 16.0478)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E556E #6E674E

analogous

#4E656E #4E556E #574E6E

triadic

#4E556E #6E4E55 #556E4E

tetradic

#4E556E #6E4E65 #6E674E #4E6E57

square

#4E556E #6E4E65 #6E674E #4E6E57

split-complementary

#4E556E #6E574E #656E4E

monochromatic

#1B1E26 #35394A #4E556E #677192 #8A92AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4E556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E556E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E556E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E556E	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B556D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.042 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808497',
    500: '#4e556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e556e;
$custom-light: #808497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45337,
    "c": 0.04192,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E556E

secondary

#9A947E

accent

#A96EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E556E

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

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