#4E5E68#4E5E68

#4E5E68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.026 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E68
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(203, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(203, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, -3.62, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 8.53, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% -0.0144 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.026 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6426, 10.6243, 14.6367)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E68 #68584E

analogous

#4E6865 #4E5E68 #4E5168

triadic

#4E5E68 #684E5E #5E684E

tetradic

#4E5E68 #654E68 #68584E #51684E

square

#4E5E68 #654E68 #68584E #51684E

split-complementary

#4E5E68 #684E51 #68654E

monochromatic

#1A1F22 #343E45 #4E5E68 #687E8B #8A9CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#4E5E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#4E5E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E68

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E68	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#476161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.026 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808b93',
    500: '#4e5e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e68;
$custom-light: #808b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47218,
    "c": 0.02551,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E68

secondary

#95867D

accent

#8C71B7

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E68

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

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