#4E727C#4E727C

#4E727C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.044 H 217.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E727C
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 124)
HSL	hsl(193, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 37%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, -10.04, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 13.89, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% -0.0349 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.044 217)
XYZ	xyz(12.7961, 15.1088, 21.3069)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E727C #7C584E

analogous

#4E7C6F #4E727C #4E5B7C

triadic

#4E727C #7C4E72 #727C4E

tetradic

#4E727C #6F4E7C #7C584E #5B7C4E

square

#4E727C #6F4E7C #7C584E #5B7C4E

split-complementary

#4E727C #7C4E5B #7C6F4E

monochromatic

#1F2D31 #364F56 #4E727C #6793A0 #8DAEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#4E727C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#4E727C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E727C

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E727C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E727C	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B707D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e727c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.044 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819aa1',
    500: '#4e727c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e727c;
$custom-light: #819aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e727c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 22.772,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5287,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.1511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E727C

secondary

#A48982

accent

#7B69BF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E727C

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

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