#4E585E#4E585E

#4E585E is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.016 H 234.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E585E
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 94)
HSL	hsl(203, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(203, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -2.48, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 5.39, 242.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0094 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.016 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6515, 9.4071, 11.9474)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E585E #5E544E

analogous

#4E5E5C #4E585E #4E505E

triadic

#4E585E #5E4E58 #585E4E

tetradic

#4E585E #5C4E5E #5E544E #505E4E

square

#4E585E #5C4E5E #5E544E #505E4E

split-complementary

#4E585E #5E4E50 #5E5C4E

monochromatic

#16191B #32393D #4E585E #6A777F #89969D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#4E585E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4E585E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E585E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E585E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E585E	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55585E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53565E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e585e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.016 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f878b',
    500: '#4e585e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e585e;
$custom-light: #7f878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e585e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45382,
    "c": 0.01598,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E585E

secondary

#8C827C

accent

#8C76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E585E

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

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