#4E5E80#4E5E80

#4E5E80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.059 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E80
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 128)
HSL	hsl(221, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 3.06, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 21.21, 278.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0053 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.059 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0397, 11.1831, 21.9948)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E80 #80704E

analogous

#4E7780 #4E5E80 #574E80

triadic

#4E5E80 #804E5E #5E804E

tetradic

#4E5E80 #804E77 #80704E #4E8057

square

#4E5E80 #804E77 #80704E #4E8057

split-complementary

#4E5E80 #80574E #77804E

monochromatic

#202634 #37425A #4E5E80 #687BA3 #8E9CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#4E5E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#4E5E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E80

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E80	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.059 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818ba5',
    500: '#4e5e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e80;
$custom-light: #818ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48274,
    "c": 0.05857,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E80

secondary

#A79B83

accent

#A467C1

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0C0F

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E80

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

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