#4E686E#4E686E

#4E686E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.032 H 213.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E686E
RGB	rgb(78, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(191, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(191, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, -8.00, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 10.30, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% -0.0268 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.032 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9058, 12.6456, 16.6150)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E686E #6E544E

analogous

#4E6E64 #4E686E #4E586E

triadic

#4E686E #6E4E68 #686E4E

tetradic

#4E686E #644E6E #6E544E #586E4E

square

#4E686E #644E6E #6E544E #586E4E

split-complementary

#4E686E #6E4E58 #6E644E

monochromatic

#1B2426 #35464A #4E686E #678A92 #8AA6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#4E686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#4E686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E686E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E686E	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E626E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#446B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.032 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809397',
    500: '#4e686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e686e;
$custom-light: #809397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49885,
    "c": 0.03211,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E686E

secondary

#9A837E

accent

#7C6EBA

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E686E

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

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