#4E555E#4E555E

#4E555E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.017 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E555E
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(214, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(214, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 9.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, -0.64, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 6.19, 264.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0045 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.017 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4103, 8.9247, 11.8670)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E555E #5E574E

analogous

#4E5D5E #4E555E #4F4E5E

triadic

#4E555E #5E4E55 #555E4E

tetradic

#4E555E #5E4E5D #5E574E #4E5E4F

square

#4E555E #5E4E5D #5E574E #4E5E4F

split-complementary

#4E555E #5E4F4E #5D5E4E

monochromatic

#16191B #32373D #4E555E #6A737F #89929D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#4E555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4E555E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E555E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E555E	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52555E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50545E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.017 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f848b',
    500: '#4e555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e555e;
$custom-light: #7f848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4466,
    "c": 0.01726,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E555E

secondary

#8C857C

accent

#9876B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E555E

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

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