#4E5571#4E5571

#4E5571 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.047 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5571
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 113)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(228, 31%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 24.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, 4.38, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 17.45, 284.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% 0.0029 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.047 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3702, 9.3087, 16.9226)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5571 #716A4E

analogous

#4E6771 #4E5571 #584E71

triadic

#4E5571 #714E55 #55714E

tetradic

#4E5571 #714E67 #716A4E #4E7158

square

#4E5571 #714E67 #716A4E #4E7158

split-complementary

#4E5571 #71584E #67714E

monochromatic

#1C1F29 #353A4D #4E5571 #677095 #8B92AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4E5571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E5571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5571

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5571	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.047 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80849a',
    500: '#4e5571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5571;
$custom-light: #80849a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 18.325,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45476,
    "c": 0.0467,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5571

secondary

#9C967F

accent

#AB6DBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5571

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

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