#4E5B60#4E5B60

#4E5B60 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.018 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B60
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 96)
HSL	hsl(197, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, -3.82, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 5.95, 230.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.18% -0.0132 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(46.18% 0.018 223)
XYZ	xyz(8.9937, 9.9462, 12.5100)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B60 #60534E

analogous

#4E605C #4E5B60 #4E5260

triadic

#4E5B60 #604E5B #5B604E

tetradic

#4E5B60 #5C4E60 #60534E #52604E

square

#4E5B60 #5C4E60 #60534E #52604E

split-complementary

#4E5B60 #604E52 #605C4E

monochromatic

#171B1C #333B3E #4E5B60 #697B82 #89999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#4E5B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#4E5B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B60

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B60	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)

#585A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.018 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f898d',
    500: '#4e5b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b60;
$custom-light: #7f898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46185,
    "c": 0.01811,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.09946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B60

secondary

#8E817C

accent

#8675B3

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B60

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

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