#4E5960#4E5960

#4E5960 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.018 H 235.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5960
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(203, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(203, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, -2.60, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 6.07, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0101 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.018 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8250, 9.6088, 12.4538)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5960 #60554E

analogous

#4E605E #4E5960 #4E5060

triadic

#4E5960 #604E59 #59604E

tetradic

#4E5960 #5E4E60 #60554E #50604E

square

#4E5960 #5E4E60 #60554E #50604E

split-complementary

#4E5960 #604E50 #605E4E

monochromatic

#171A1C #333A3E #4E5960 #697882 #89979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4E5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E5960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5960

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5960	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.018 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f878d',
    500: '#4e5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5960;
$custom-light: #7f878d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.457,
    "c": 0.01793,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5960

secondary

#8E837C

accent

#8D75B3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5960

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

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