#4E727A#4E727A

#4E727A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.043 H 213.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E727A
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 122)
HSL	hsl(191, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, -10.59, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 13.58, 218.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% -0.0358 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.043 213)
XYZ	xyz(12.6709, 15.0587, 20.6475)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E727A #7A564E

analogous

#4E7A6C #4E727A #4E5C7A

triadic

#4E727A #7A4E72 #727A4E

tetradic

#4E727A #6C4E7A #7A564E #5C7A4E

square

#4E727A #6C4E7A #7A564E #5C7A4E

split-complementary

#4E727A #7A4E5C #7A6C4E

monochromatic

#1E2C2F #364F55 #4E727A #67949E #8DAEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#4E727A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#4E727A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E727A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E727A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E727A	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e727a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.043 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819aa0',
    500: '#4e727a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e727a;
$custom-light: #819aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e727a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 22,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52793,
    "c": 0.04267,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.15059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E727A

secondary

#A38781

accent

#7969BF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E727A

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

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