#4E7280#4E7280

#4E7280 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.046 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7280
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 128)
HSL	hsl(197, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, -8.94, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 14.78, 232.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% -0.0332 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.046 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0542, 15.2121, 22.6662)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7280 #805C4E

analogous

#4E8075 #4E7280 #4E5980

triadic

#4E7280 #804E72 #72804E

tetradic

#4E7280 #754E80 #805C4E #59804E

square

#4E7280 #754E80 #805C4E #59804E

split-complementary

#4E7280 #804E59 #80754E

monochromatic

#202E34 #37505A #4E7280 #6893A3 #8EAEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#4E7280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#4E7280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7280

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7280	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.046 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829aa4',
    500: '#4e7280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7280;
$custom-light: #829aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53029,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7280

secondary

#A78D83

accent

#8067C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7280

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

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