#4D656E#4D656E

#4D656E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.032 H 222.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D656E
RGB	rgb(77, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(196, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, -6.57, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 10.33, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% -0.0235 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.032 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5279, 12.0105, 16.5124)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D656E #6E564D

analogous

#4D6E67 #4D656E #4D556E

triadic

#4D656E #6E4D65 #656E4D

tetradic

#4D656E #674D6E #6E564D #556E4D

square

#4D656E #674D6E #6E564D #556E4D

split-complementary

#4D656E #6E4D55 #6E674D

monochromatic

#1B2326 #34444A #4D656E #668692 #89A3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#4D656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#4D656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D656E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D656E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60646F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.032 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809097',
    500: '#4d656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d656e;
$custom-light: #809097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49082,
    "c": 0.032,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D656E

secondary

#9A857D

accent

#826DBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D656E

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

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