#4E737D#4E737D

#4E737D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.045 H 216.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E737D
RGB	rgb(78, 115, 125)
HSL	hsl(193, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, -10.34, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 14.16, 223.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% -0.0359 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.045 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9730, 15.3611, 21.6795)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E737D #7D584E

analogous

#4E7D70 #4E737D #4E5C7D

triadic

#4E737D #7D4E73 #737D4E

tetradic

#4E737D #704E7D #7D584E #5C7D4E

square

#4E737D #704E7D #7D584E #5C7D4E

split-complementary

#4E737D #7D4E5C #7D704E

monochromatic

#1F2E32 #365057 #4E737D #6894A1 #8DAFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#4E737D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#4E737D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E737D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E737D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E737D	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C717E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e737d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 115, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.045 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819ba2',
    500: '#4e737d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e737d;
$custom-light: #819ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e737d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 23.153,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53154,
    "c": 0.0446,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E737D

secondary

#A58982

accent

#7B68C0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E737D

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

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