#4E575E#4E575E

#4E575E is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.016 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E575E
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 94)
HSL	hsl(206, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 7.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, -1.87, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 5.57, 250.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% -0.0078 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.016 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5700, 9.2441, 11.9203)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E575E #5E554E

analogous

#4E5E5D #4E575E #4E4F5E

triadic

#4E575E #5E4E57 #575E4E

tetradic

#4E575E #5D4E5E #5E554E #4F5E4E

square

#4E575E #5D4E5E #5E554E #4F5E4E

split-complementary

#4E575E #5E4E4F #5E5D4E

monochromatic

#16191B #32383D #4E575E #6A767F #89949D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4E575E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E575E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E575E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E575E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E575E	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52555E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e575e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.016 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f868b',
    500: '#4e575e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e575e;
$custom-light: #7f868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e575e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45141,
    "c": 0.01616,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E575E

secondary

#8C837C

accent

#9076B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E575E

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

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