#424E5E#424E5E

#424E5E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.031 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#424E5E
RGB	rgb(66, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(214, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(214, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 17%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, -0.56, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 10.94, 267.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% -0.0076 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.031 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9910, 7.4149, 11.6504)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#424E5E #5E5242

analogous

#425C5E #424E5E #44425E

triadic

#424E5E #5E424E #4E5E42

tetradic

#424E5E #5E425C #5E5242 #425E44

square

#424E5E #5E425C #5E5242 #425E44

split-complementary

#424E5E #5E4442 #5C5E42

monochromatic

#101216 #29303A #424E5E #5B6C82 #798AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#424E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#424E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #424E5E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##424E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##424E5E	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #424e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.031 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777f8b',
    500: '#424e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #424e5e;
$custom-light: #777f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#424e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41979,
    "c": 0.03089,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#424E5E

secondary

#8D806E

accent

#996EBA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEF0

border

#C8C9CB

text

#080A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #424E5E

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

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