#4E545C#4E545C

#4E545C is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.015 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E545C
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 92)
HSL	hsl(214, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(214, 15%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.46, -0.51, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.46, 5.48, 264.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% -0.0038 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.015 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2435, 8.7329, 11.3744)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E545C #5C564E

analogous

#4E5B5C #4E545C #4F4E5C

triadic

#4E545C #5C4E54 #545C4E

tetradic

#4E545C #5C4E5B #5C564E #4E5C4F

square

#4E545C #5C4E5B #5C564E #4E5C4F

split-complementary

#4E545C #5C4F4E #5B5C4E

monochromatic

#16181A #32363B #4E545C #6A727D #89919B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#4E545C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E545C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E545C

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E545C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E545C	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51545C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50535C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e545c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.015 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f848a',
    500: '#4e545c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e545c;
$custom-light: #7f848a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e545c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44343,
    "c": 0.01522,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E545C

secondary

#8A847C

accent

#9877B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E545C

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

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