#4E6D79#4E6D79

#4E6D79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.041 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6D79
RGB	rgb(78, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(197, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -7.98, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 13.00, 232.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% -0.0292 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.041 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0606, 13.9368, 20.1400)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6D79 #795A4E

analogous

#4E7970 #4E6D79 #4E5879

triadic

#4E6D79 #794E6D #6D794E

tetradic

#4E6D79 #704E79 #795A4E #58794E

square

#4E6D79 #704E79 #795A4E #58794E

split-complementary

#4E6D79 #794E58 #79704E

monochromatic

#1E2A2F #364B54 #4E6D79 #678E9D #8CAAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#4E6D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#4E6D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6D79

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6D79	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.041 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81969f',
    500: '#4e6d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6d79;
$custom-light: #81969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51532,
    "c": 0.04055,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6D79

secondary

#A28A81

accent

#816ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6D79

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

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