#4E5F79#4E5F79

#4E5F79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.047 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5F79
RGB	rgb(78, 95, 121)
HSL	hsl(216, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(216, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 0.41, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 16.73, 271.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% -0.0092 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.047 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6842, 11.1841, 19.6812)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5F79 #79684E

analogous

#4E7579 #4E5F79 #534E79

triadic

#4E5F79 #794E5F #5F794E

tetradic

#4E5F79 #794E75 #79684E #4E7953

square

#4E5F79 #794E75 #79684E #4E7953

split-complementary

#4E5F79 #79534E #75794E

monochromatic

#1E252F #364254 #4E5F79 #677C9D #8C9CB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#4E5F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#4E5F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5F79

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5F79	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)

#56607A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 95, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.047 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818c9f',
    500: '#4e5f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5f79;
$custom-light: #818c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48178,
    "c": 0.04707,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5F79

secondary

#A29581

accent

#9D6ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5F79

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

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