#4E728E#4E728E

#4E728E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.060 H 242.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E728E
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(206, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, -4.89, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 19.90, 255.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% -0.0277 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.06 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0400, 15.6064, 27.8584)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E728E #8E6A4E

analogous

#4E8E8A #4E728E #4E528E

triadic

#4E728E #8E4E72 #728E4E

tetradic

#4E728E #8A4E8E #8E6A4E #528E4E

square

#4E728E #8A4E8E #8E6A4E #528E4E

split-complementary

#4E728E #8E4E52 #8E8A4E

monochromatic

#23333F #385266 #4E728E #6B91AE #93AEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#4E728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#4E728E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E728E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E728E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66728F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.060 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839aaf',
    500: '#4e728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e728e;
$custom-light: #839aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53624,
    "c": 0.06025,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E728E

secondary

#B09988

accent

#8E62C5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E728E

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

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