#485E56#485E56

#485E56 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.030 H 170.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#485E56
RGB	rgb(72, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(158, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(158, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, -10.19, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 10.36, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.13% -0.0293 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(46.13% 0.03 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3544, 10.0547, 10.3029)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#485E56 #5E4850

analogous

#485E4B #485E56 #485B5E

triadic

#485E56 #56485E #5E5648

tetradic

#485E56 #4B485E #5E4850 #5B5E48

square

#485E56 #4B485E #5E4850 #5B5E48

split-complementary

#485E56 #5E485B #5E4B48

monochromatic

#131917 #2D3B36 #485E56 #638176 #829F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#485E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#485E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #485E56

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##485E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##485E56	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #485e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.030 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8b85',
    500: '#485e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #485e56;
$custom-light: #7b8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#485e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46125,
    "c": 0.02967,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#485E56

secondary

#8D757E

accent

#728BB6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#090C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #485E56

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

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