#4E5A68#4E5A68

#4E5A68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.027 H 252.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A68
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 104)
HSL	hsl(212, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(212, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 13.5%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, -1.18, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 9.64, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46.26% -0.0083 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(46.26% 0.027 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2961, 9.9312, 14.5211)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A68 #685C4E

analogous

#4E6768 #4E5A68 #4F4E68

triadic

#4E5A68 #684E5A #5A684E

tetradic

#4E5A68 #684E67 #685C4E #4E684F

square

#4E5A68 #684E67 #685C4E #4E684F

split-complementary

#4E5A68 #684F4E #67684E

monochromatic

#1A1D22 #343C45 #4E5A68 #68788B #8A97A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4E5A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E5A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A68

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A68	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.027 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808893',
    500: '#4e5a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a68;
$custom-light: #808893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46256,
    "c": 0.02735,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A68

secondary

#958A7D

accent

#9771B7

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A68

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

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