#4E5E79#4E5E79

#4E5E79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.048 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E79
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(218, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(218, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 1.02, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 17.21, 273.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% -0.0077 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.048 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5947, 11.0051, 19.6514)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E79 #79694E

analogous

#4E7479 #4E5E79 #544E79

triadic

#4E5E79 #794E5E #5E794E

tetradic

#4E5E79 #794E74 #79694E #4E7954

square

#4E5E79 #794E74 #79694E #4E7954

split-complementary

#4E5E79 #79544E #74794E

monochromatic

#1E242F #364154 #4E5E79 #677B9D #8C9BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#4E5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#4E5E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E79

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E79	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55607A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.048 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b9f',
    500: '#4e5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e79;
$custom-light: #818b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.674,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47943,
    "c": 0.04809,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E79

secondary

#A29681

accent

#9F6ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E79

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

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