#4E5B72#4E5B72

#4E5B72 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.041 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B72
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 114)
HSL	hsl(218, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(218, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, 0.91, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 14.73, 273.52°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% -0.0059 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.041 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9194, 10.3164, 17.3850)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B72 #72654E

analogous

#4E6D72 #4E5B72 #534E72

triadic

#4E5B72 #724E5B #5B724E

tetradic

#4E5B72 #724E6D #72654E #4E7253

square

#4E5B72 #724E6D #72654E #4E7253

split-complementary

#4E5B72 #72534E #6D724E

monochromatic

#1C2129 #353E4E #4E5B72 #677896 #8B98B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#4E5B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#4E5B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B72

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B72	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.041 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80899a',
    500: '#4e5b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b72;
$custom-light: #80899a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46921,
    "c": 0.04086,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B72

secondary

#9D927F

accent

#9F6CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B72

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

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