#4E596F#4E596F

#4E596F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.039 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E596F
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(220, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 1.32, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 14.01, 275.40°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% -0.004 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.039 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5827, 9.9118, 16.4441)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E596F #6F644E

analogous

#4E6A6F #4E596F #544E6F

triadic

#4E596F #6F4E59 #596F4E

tetradic

#4E596F #6F4E6A #6F644E #4E6F54

square

#4E596F #6F4E6A #6F644E #4E6F54

split-complementary

#4E596F #6F544E #6A6F4E

monochromatic

#1B1F27 #353C4B #4E596F #677693 #8A96AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#4E596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#4E596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E596F

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E596F	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F576E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.039 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808798',
    500: '#4e596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e596f;
$custom-light: #808798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46317,
    "c": 0.03852,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E596F

secondary

#9A917E

accent

#A16EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E596F

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

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