#4E5573#4E5573

#4E5573 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.050 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5573
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 115)
HSL	hsl(229, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(229, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 4.94, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 18.66, 285.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.0036 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.05 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4840, 9.3542, 17.5222)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5573 #736C4E

analogous

#4E6773 #4E5573 #594E73

triadic

#4E5573 #734E55 #55734E

tetradic

#4E5573 #734E67 #736C4E #4E7359

square

#4E5573 #734E67 #736C4E #4E7359

split-complementary

#4E5573 #73594E #67734E

monochromatic

#1D1F2A #353A4F #4E5573 #677097 #8B92B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#4E5573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E5573 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5573

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5573	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.050 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80849b',
    500: '#4e5573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5573;
$custom-light: #80849b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 19.171,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45571,
    "c": 0.04989,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5573

secondary

#9E987F

accent

#AD6CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5573

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

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