#4E6B99#4E6B99

#4E6B99 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.081 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6B99
RGB	rgb(78, 107, 153)
HSL	hsl(217, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 30.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 2.70, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 28.43, 275.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% -0.0149 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.081 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1474, 14.4341, 32.1714)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6B99 #997C4E

analogous

#4E9199 #4E6B99 #564E99

triadic

#4E6B99 #994E6B #6B994E

tetradic

#4E6B99 #994E91 #997C4E #4E9956

square

#4E6B99 #994E91 #997C4E #4E9956

split-complementary

#4E6B99 #99564E #91994E

monochromatic

#253248 #394F70 #4E6B99 #6F8AB5 #97ABCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#4E6B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#4E6B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6B99

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6B99	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 107, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.081 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495b7',
    500: '#4e6b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6b99;
$custom-light: #8495b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52521,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6B99

secondary

#B7A68C

accent

#A05FC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6B99

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

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