#4E596A#4E596A

#4E596A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.031 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E596A
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(216, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, -0.03, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 11.15, 269.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.1% -0.0059 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(46.1% 0.031 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.3151, 9.8048, 15.0346)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E596A #6A5F4E

analogous

#4E676A #4E596A #514E6A

triadic

#4E596A #6A4E59 #596A4E

tetradic

#4E596A #6A4E67 #6A5F4E #4E6A51

square

#4E596A #6A4E67 #6A5F4E #4E6A51

split-complementary

#4E596A #6A514E #676A4E

monochromatic

#1A1E23 #343B47 #4E596A #68778D #8A96A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#4E596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4E596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E596A

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E596A	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50576A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.031 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808794',
    500: '#4e596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e596a;
$custom-light: #808794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46101,
    "c": 0.03104,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E596A

secondary

#968D7D

accent

#9C70B8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E596A

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

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