#4E595D#4E595D

#4E595D is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.015 H 221.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E595D
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 93)
HSL	hsl(196, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, -3.34, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 5.03, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0114 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.015 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6896, 9.5546, 11.7402)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E595D #5D524E

analogous

#4E5D59 #4E595D #4E515D

triadic

#4E595D #5D4E59 #595D4E

tetradic

#4E595D #594E5D #5D524E #515D4E

square

#4E595D #594E5D #5D524E #515D4E

split-complementary

#4E595D #5D4E51 #5D594E

monochromatic

#16191A #32393C #4E595D #6A797E #89979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#4E595D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E595D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E595D

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E595D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E595D	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e595d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.015 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f878a',
    500: '#4e595d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e595d;
$custom-light: #7f878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e595d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45587,
    "c": 0.01527,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E595D

secondary

#8B807C

accent

#8676B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E595D

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

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