#486A63#486A63

#486A63 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.041 H 180.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A63
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 99)
HSL	hsl(168, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 0%, 6.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, -13.92, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 13.92, 179.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% -0.0408 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.041 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0779, 12.5861, 13.7003)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A63 #6A484F

analogous

#486A52 #486A63 #48606A

triadic

#486A63 #63486A #6A6348

tetradic

#486A63 #52486A #6A484F #606A48

square

#486A63 #52486A #6A484F #606A48

split-complementary

#486A63 #6A4860 #6A5248

monochromatic

#16211F #2F4641 #486A63 #618E85 #82AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#486A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#486A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A63

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A63	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.041 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c948f',
    500: '#486a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a63;
$custom-light: #7c948f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.496,
    "c": 0.04083,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A63

secondary

#97777D

accent

#6C7CBC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A63

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

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