#4E5A72#4E5A72

#4E5A72 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.042 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A72
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(220, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 1.52, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 15.24, 275.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% -0.0044 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.042 264)
XYZ	xyz(9.8344, 10.1466, 17.3566)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A72 #72664E

analogous

#4E6C72 #4E5A72 #544E72

triadic

#4E5A72 #724E5A #5A724E

tetradic

#4E5A72 #724E6C #72664E #4E7254

square

#4E5A72 #724E6C #72664E #4E7254

split-complementary

#4E5A72 #72544E #6C724E

monochromatic

#1C2129 #353D4E #4E5A72 #677796 #8B97B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#4E5A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#4E5A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A72

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A72	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.042 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80889a',
    500: '#4e5a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a72;
$custom-light: #80889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46686,
    "c": 0.04196,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.10147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A72

secondary

#9D937F

accent

#A16CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A72

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

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