#4E727E#4E727E

#4E727E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.045 H 220.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E727E
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(195, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, -9.49, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 14.29, 228.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% -0.0341 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.045 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9238, 15.1599, 21.9798)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E727E #7E5A4E

analogous

#4E7E72 #4E727E #4E5A7E

triadic

#4E727E #7E4E72 #727E4E

tetradic

#4E727E #724E7E #7E5A4E #5A7E4E

square

#4E727E #724E7E #7E5A4E #5A7E4E

split-complementary

#4E727E #7E4E5A #7E724E

monochromatic

#1F2E32 #375058 #4E727E #6893A1 #8EAEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#4E727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#4E727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E727E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E727E	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B707F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.045 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829aa3',
    500: '#4e727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e727e;
$custom-light: #829aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52949,
    "c": 0.04494,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E727E

secondary

#A68B82

accent

#7E68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E727E

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

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