#4E757E#4E757E

#4E757E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.046 H 213.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E757E
RGB	rgb(78, 117, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, -11.21, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 14.56, 219.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% -0.0382 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.046 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2678, 15.8478, 22.0944)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E757E #7E574E

analogous

#4E7E6F #4E757E #4E5D7E

triadic

#4E757E #7E4E75 #757E4E

tetradic

#4E757E #6F4E7E #7E574E #5D7E4E

square

#4E757E #6F4E7E #7E574E #5D7E4E

split-complementary

#4E757E #7E4E5D #7E6F4E

monochromatic

#1F2F32 #375258 #4E757E #6897A1 #8EB1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#4E757E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#4E757E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E757E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E757E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E757E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E727F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e757e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 117, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.046 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829ca3',
    500: '#4e757e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e757e;
$custom-light: #829ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e757e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53682,
    "c": 0.04589,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E757E

secondary

#A68982

accent

#7868C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E757E

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

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