#4F596E#4F596E

#4F596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.037 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F596E
RGB	rgb(79, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(221, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 1.38, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 13.34, 275.94°)
OKLab	oklab(46.35% -0.0032 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(46.35% 0.037 265)
XYZ	xyz(9.6105, 9.9325, 16.1596)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F596E #6E644F

analogous

#4F696E #4F596E #554F6E

triadic

#4F596E #6E4F59 #596E4F

tetradic

#4F596E #6E4F69 #6E644F #4F6E55

square

#4F596E #6E4F69 #6E644F #4F6E55

split-complementary

#4F596E #6E554F #696E4F

monochromatic

#1C1F27 #353C4A #4F596E #697692 #8B96AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4F596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4F596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F596E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F596E	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F586E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.037 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818797',
    500: '#4f596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f596e;
$custom-light: #818797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 16.402,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46353,
    "c": 0.03653,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.09933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F596E

secondary

#9A917F

accent

#A16FB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F596E

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

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