#485B59#485B59

#485B59 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.024 H 188.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#485B59
RGB	rgb(72, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(174, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(174, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -7.71, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 7.81, 189.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% -0.0232 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.024 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2162, 9.5809, 10.8657)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#485B59 #5B484A

analogous

#485B50 #485B59 #48545B

triadic

#485B59 #59485B #5B5948

tetradic

#485B59 #50485B #5B484A #545B48

square

#485B59 #50485B #5B484A #545B48

split-complementary

#485B59 #5B4854 #5B5048

monochromatic

#121716 #2D3938 #485B59 #637D7A #829C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#485B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#485B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #485B59

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##485B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##485B59	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #485b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.024 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8987',
    500: '#485b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #485b59;
$custom-light: #7b8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#485b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 11.656,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45469,
    "c": 0.0235,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#485B59

secondary

#8A7577

accent

#737AB5

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #485B59

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

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