#4E5579#4E5579

#4E5579 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.059 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5579
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 121)
HSL	hsl(230, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(230, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 6.66, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 22.31, 287.37°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.0055 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.059 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8406, 9.4968, 19.4000)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5579 #79724E

analogous

#4E6B79 #4E5579 #5D4E79

triadic

#4E5579 #794E55 #55794E

tetradic

#4E5579 #794E6B #79724E #4E795D

square

#4E5579 #794E6B #79724E #4E795D

split-complementary

#4E5579 #795D4E #6B794E

monochromatic

#1E212F #363B54 #4E5579 #67709D #8C93B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4E5579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E5579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5579

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5579	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A597B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.059 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8184a0',
    500: '#4e5579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5579;
$custom-light: #8184a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45865,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5579

secondary

#A29D81

accent

#B06ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5579

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

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