#486A6C#486A6C

#486A6C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.039 H 200.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A6C
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 108)
HSL	hsl(183, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, -11.61, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 12.66, 203.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% -0.0367 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.039 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5324, 12.7679, 16.0939)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A6C #6C4A48

analogous

#486C5C #486A6C #48586C

triadic

#486A6C #6C486A #6A6C48

tetradic

#486A6C #5C486C #6C4A48 #586C48

square

#486A6C #5C486C #6C4A48 #586C48

split-complementary

#486A6C #6C4858 #6C5C48

monochromatic

#172223 #304647 #486A6C #608E91 #82AAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#486A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#486A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A6C

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A6C	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F626C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.039 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9496',
    500: '#486a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a6c;
$custom-light: #7c9496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49915,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A6C

secondary

#997977

accent

#706BBD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A6C

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

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