#486A6D#486A6D

#486A6D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.039 H 202.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A6D
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 109)
HSL	hsl(185, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -11.35, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 12.65, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.0362 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.039 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5859, 12.7893, 16.3758)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A6D #6D4B48

analogous

#486D5D #486A6D #48576D

triadic

#486A6D #6D486A #6A6D48

tetradic

#486A6D #5D486D #6D4B48 #576D48

square

#486A6D #5D486D #6D4B48 #576D48

split-complementary

#486A6D #6D4857 #6D5D48

monochromatic

#172223 #304648 #486A6D #608E92 #83A9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#486A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#486A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A6D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A6D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E626D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A6D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.039 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9496',
    500: '#486a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a6d;
$custom-light: #7c9496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49951,
    "c": 0.03931,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A6D

secondary

#997A77

accent

#716BBD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A6D

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

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