#4E596E#4E596E

#4E596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.037 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E596E
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(219, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(219, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 1.04, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 13.43, 274.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% -0.0043 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.037 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5280, 9.8899, 16.1558)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E596E #6E634E

analogous

#4E696E #4E596E #534E6E

triadic

#4E596E #6E4E59 #596E4E

tetradic

#4E596E #6E4E69 #6E634E #4E6E53

square

#4E596E #6E4E69 #6E634E #4E6E53

split-complementary

#4E596E #6E534E #696E4E

monochromatic

#1B1F26 #353C4A #4E596E #677692 #8A96AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#4E596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E596E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E596E	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F576E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.037 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808797',
    500: '#4e596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e596e;
$custom-light: #808797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46273,
    "c": 0.03701,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E596E

secondary

#9A907E

accent

#A06EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E596E

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

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