#4E5572#4E5572

#4E5572 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.048 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5572
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 114)
HSL	hsl(228, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(228, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 4.66, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 18.05, 284.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% 0.0032 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.048 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4268, 9.3313, 17.2208)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5572 #726B4E

analogous

#4E6772 #4E5572 #594E72

triadic

#4E5572 #724E55 #55724E

tetradic

#4E5572 #724E67 #726B4E #4E7259

square

#4E5572 #724E67 #726B4E #4E7259

split-complementary

#4E5572 #72594E #67724E

monochromatic

#1C1F29 #353A4E #4E5572 #677096 #8B92B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E5572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E5572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5572

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5572	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.048 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80849a',
    500: '#4e5572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5572;
$custom-light: #80849a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.333,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45523,
    "c": 0.04829,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5572

secondary

#9D977F

accent

#AC6CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5572

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

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