#4E5E73#4E5E73

#4E5E73 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.039 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5E73
RGB	rgb(78, 94, 115)
HSL	hsl(214, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, -0.67, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 13.89, 267.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% -0.01 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.039 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2382, 10.8625, 17.7736)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5E73 #73634E

analogous

#4E7073 #4E5E73 #504E73

triadic

#4E5E73 #734E5E #5E734E

tetradic

#4E5E73 #734E70 #73634E #4E7350

square

#4E5E73 #734E70 #73634E #4E7350

split-complementary

#4E5E73 #73504E #70734E

monochromatic

#1D222A #35404F #4E5E73 #677C97 #8B9BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#4E5E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#4E5E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5E73

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5E73	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 94, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.039 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808b9b',
    500: '#4e5e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5e73;
$custom-light: #808b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 19.171,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47674,
    "c": 0.03942,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5E73

secondary

#9E907F

accent

#996CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5E73

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →