#4E595F#4E595F

#4E595F is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.017 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E595F
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 95)
HSL	hsl(201, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(201, 18%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, -2.85, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 5.67, 239.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% -0.0105 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.017 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7793, 9.5905, 12.2128)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E595F #5F544E

analogous

#4E5F5D #4E595F #4E515F

triadic

#4E595F #5F4E59 #595F4E

tetradic

#4E595F #5D4E5F #5F544E #515F4E

square

#4E595F #5D4E5F #5F544E #515F4E

split-complementary

#4E595F #5F4E51 #5F5D4E

monochromatic

#171A1C #323A3D #4E595F #6A7881 #89979E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#4E595F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E595F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E595F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E595F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E595F	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56585F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e595f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.017 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f878c',
    500: '#4e595f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e595f;
$custom-light: #7f878c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e595f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 9.827,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45662,
    "c": 0.01693,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E595F

secondary

#8D827C

accent

#8B75B3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E595F

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

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