#4E575D#4E575D

#4E575D is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.015 H 236.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E575D
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 93)
HSL	hsl(204, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(204, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, -2.11, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 5.13, 245.65°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% -0.0082 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.015 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5254, 9.2262, 11.6855)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E575D #5D544E

analogous

#4E5D5B #4E575D #4E4F5D

triadic

#4E575D #5D4E57 #575D4E

tetradic

#4E575D #5B4E5D #5D544E #4F5D4E

square

#4E575D #5B4E5D #5D544E #4F5D4E

split-complementary

#4E575D #5D4E4F #5D5B4E

monochromatic

#16191A #32383C #4E575D #6A767E #89959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E575D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E575D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E575D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E575D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E575D	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52555D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e575d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.015 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f868a',
    500: '#4e575d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e575d;
$custom-light: #7f868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e575d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45103,
    "c": 0.01505,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E575D

secondary

#8B827C

accent

#8E76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E575D

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

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