#4E6572#4E6572

#4E6572 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.035 H 233.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6572
RGB	rgb(78, 101, 114)
HSL	hsl(202, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(202, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, -5.17, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 11.34, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% -0.0207 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.035 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8319, 12.1415, 17.6891)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6572 #725B4E

analogous

#4E726D #4E6572 #4E5372

triadic

#4E6572 #724E65 #65724E

tetradic

#4E6572 #6D4E72 #725B4E #53724E

square

#4E6572 #6D4E72 #725B4E #53724E

split-complementary

#4E6572 #724E53 #726D4E

monochromatic

#1C2529 #35454E #4E6572 #678596 #8BA2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#4E6572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#4E6572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6572

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6572	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#436969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 101, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.035 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80909a',
    500: '#4e6572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6572;
$custom-light: #80909a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4931,
    "c": 0.03451,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6572

secondary

#9D8A7F

accent

#896CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6572

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

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