#4E595E#4E595E

#4E595E is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.016 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E595E
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(199, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 5.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -3.09, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 5.32, 234.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% -0.011 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.016 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7341, 9.5724, 11.9750)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E595E #5E534E

analogous

#4E5E5B #4E595E #4E515E

triadic

#4E595E #5E4E59 #595E4E

tetradic

#4E595E #5B4E5E #5E534E #515E4E

square

#4E595E #5B4E5E #5E534E #515E4E

split-complementary

#4E595E #5E4E51 #5E5B4E

monochromatic

#161A1B #32393D #4E595E #6A797F #89979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#4E595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E595E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E595E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E595E	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)

#56585E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.016 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f878b',
    500: '#4e595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e595e;
$custom-light: #7f878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45624,
    "c": 0.01605,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E595E

secondary

#8C817C

accent

#8976B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E595E

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

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