#4E5972#4E5972

#4E5972 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.043 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5972
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(222, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 2.15, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 15.76, 277.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% -0.0028 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.043 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7507, 9.9790, 17.3287)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5972 #72674E

analogous

#4E6B72 #4E5972 #554E72

triadic

#4E5972 #724E59 #59724E

tetradic

#4E5972 #724E6B #72674E #4E7255

square

#4E5972 #724E6B #72674E #4E7255

split-complementary

#4E5972 #72554E #6B724E

monochromatic

#1C2029 #353D4E #4E5972 #677596 #8B96B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#4E5972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#4E5972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5972

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5972	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.043 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80879a',
    500: '#4e5972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5972;
$custom-light: #80879a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46452,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5972

secondary

#9D947F

accent

#A36CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5972

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

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