#4E5B79#4E5B79

#4E5B79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.051 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B79
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 121)
HSL	hsl(222, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 2.89, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 18.78, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% -0.0033 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.051 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3331, 10.4819, 19.5642)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B79 #796C4E

analogous

#4E7179 #4E5B79 #574E79

triadic

#4E5B79 #794E5B #5B794E

tetradic

#4E5B79 #794E71 #796C4E #4E7957

square

#4E5B79 #794E71 #796C4E #4E7957

split-complementary

#4E5B79 #79574E #71794E

monochromatic

#1E232F #363F54 #4E5B79 #67779D #8C99B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#4E5B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#4E5B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B79

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B79	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.051 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81899f',
    500: '#4e5b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b79;
$custom-light: #81899f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.86,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47243,
    "c": 0.05148,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B79

secondary

#A29881

accent

#A56ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B79

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

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