#4E6971#4E6971

#4E6971 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.034 H 217.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6971
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 113)
HSL	hsl(194, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 31%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 7.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -7.80, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 10.96, 224.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% -0.0269 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.034 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1732, 12.9146, 17.5236)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6971 #71564E

analogous

#4E7168 #4E6971 #4E5871

triadic

#4E6971 #714E69 #69714E

tetradic

#4E6971 #684E71 #71564E #58714E

square

#4E6971 #684E71 #71564E #58714E

split-complementary

#4E6971 #714E58 #71684E

monochromatic

#1C2629 #35474D #4E6971 #678B95 #8BA6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#4E6971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#4E6971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6971

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6971	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#426C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.034 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809399',
    500: '#4e6971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6971;
$custom-light: #809399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 18.325,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50244,
    "c": 0.03416,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6971

secondary

#9C857F

accent

#7F6DBB

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6971

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

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