#4E697E#4E697E

#4E697E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.046 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E697E
RGB	rgb(78, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(206, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(206, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -4.23, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 15.43, 254.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0216 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.046 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9581, 13.2286, 21.6579)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E697E #7E634E

analogous

#4E7E7B #4E697E #4E517E

triadic

#4E697E #7E4E69 #697E4E

tetradic

#4E697E #7B4E7E #7E634E #517E4E

square

#4E697E #7B4E7E #7E634E #517E4E

split-complementary

#4E697E #7E4E51 #7E7B4E

monochromatic

#1F2A32 #374958 #4E697E #6888A1 #8EA6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#4E697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#4E697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E697E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E697E	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60697F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A647E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.046 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193a3',
    500: '#4e697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e697e;
$custom-light: #8193a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50773,
    "c": 0.04625,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E697E

secondary

#A69282

accent

#8E68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F3

border

#CACBCD

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E697E

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

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