#4E717E#4E717E

#4E717E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.045 H 223.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E717E
RGB	rgb(78, 113, 126)
HSL	hsl(196, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, -8.92, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 14.27, 231.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.0327 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.045 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8116, 14.9356, 21.9424)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E717E #7E5B4E

analogous

#4E7E73 #4E717E #4E597E

triadic

#4E717E #7E4E71 #717E4E

tetradic

#4E717E #734E7E #7E5B4E #597E4E

square

#4E717E #734E7E #7E5B4E #597E4E

split-complementary

#4E717E #7E4E59 #7E734E

monochromatic

#1F2D32 #374F58 #4E717E #6892A1 #8EADB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#4E717E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#4E717E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E717E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E717E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E717E	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e717e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 113, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.045 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8199a3',
    500: '#4e717e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e717e;
$custom-light: #8199a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e717e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52705,
    "c": 0.04477,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E717E

secondary

#A68C82

accent

#8068C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E717E

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

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