#4F596F#4F596F

#4F596F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.038 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F596F
RGB	rgb(79, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(221, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 1.65, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 13.92, 276.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.4% -0.0028 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(46.4% 0.038 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6653, 9.9544, 16.4480)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F596F #6F654F

analogous

#4F696F #4F596F #554F6F

triadic

#4F596F #6F4F59 #596F4F

tetradic

#4F596F #6F4F69 #6F654F #4F6F55

square

#4F596F #6F4F69 #6F654F #4F6F55

split-complementary

#4F596F #6F554F #696F4F

monochromatic

#1C2027 #363C4B #4F596F #687693 #8C96AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#4F596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4F596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F596F

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F596F	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F586E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.038 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818798',
    500: '#4f596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f596f;
$custom-light: #818798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 16.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46396,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F596F

secondary

#9A927F

accent

#A26EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F596F

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

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