#4E6973#4E6973

#4E6973 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.035 H 222.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6973
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 115)
HSL	hsl(196, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, -7.27, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 11.42, 230.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.0261 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.035 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2870, 12.9601, 18.1232)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6973 #73584E

analogous

#4E736A #4E6973 #4E5673

triadic

#4E6973 #734E69 #69734E

tetradic

#4E6973 #6A4E73 #73584E #56734E

square

#4E6973 #6A4E73 #73584E #56734E

split-complementary

#4E6973 #734E56 #736A4E

monochromatic

#1D262A #35484F #4E6973 #678A97 #8BA6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#4E6973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#4E6973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6973

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6973	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#426C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.035 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81939b',
    500: '#4e6973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6973;
$custom-light: #81939b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 19.171,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50322,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6973

secondary

#9E877F

accent

#826CBC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6973

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

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