#486A66#486A66

#486A66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.040 H 186.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A66
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 102)
HSL	hsl(173, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, -13.17, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 13.27, 187.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% -0.0394 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.04 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2240, 12.6445, 14.4697)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A66 #6A484C

analogous

#486A55 #486A66 #485D6A

triadic

#486A66 #66486A #6A6648

tetradic

#486A66 #55486A #6A484C #5D6A48

square

#486A66 #55486A #6A484C #5D6A48

split-complementary

#486A66 #6A485D #6A5548

monochromatic

#162120 #2F4643 #486A66 #618E89 #82AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#486A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#486A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A66

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A66	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.040 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9491',
    500: '#486a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a66;
$custom-light: #7c9491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49701,
    "c": 0.0397,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A66

secondary

#97777B

accent

#6C75BC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A66

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

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