#4E6E79#4E6E79

#4E6E79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.041 H 221.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6E79
RGB	rgb(78, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(195, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(195, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, -8.56, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 13.01, 228.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% -0.0306 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.041 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1679, 14.1514, 20.1758)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6E79 #79594E

analogous

#4E796F #4E6E79 #4E5979

triadic

#4E6E79 #794E6E #6E794E

tetradic

#4E6E79 #6F4E79 #79594E #59794E

square

#4E6E79 #6F4E79 #79594E #59794E

split-complementary

#4E6E79 #794E59 #796F4E

monochromatic

#1E2A2F #364C54 #4E6E79 #678F9D #8CABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#4E6E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#4E6E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6E79

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6E79	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.041 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81979f',
    500: '#4e6e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6e79;
$custom-light: #81979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51776,
    "c": 0.04073,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6E79

secondary

#A28981

accent

#7F6ABE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6E79

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

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