#486B60#486B60

#486B60 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.044 H 172.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B60
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 96)
HSL	hsl(161, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, -15.21, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 15.36, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0437 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.044 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0408, 12.7371, 12.9935)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B60 #6B4853

analogous

#486B4F #486B60 #48646B

triadic

#486B60 #60486B #6B6048

tetradic

#486B60 #4F486B #6B4853 #646B48

square

#486B60 #4F486B #6B4853 #646B48

split-complementary

#486B60 #6B4864 #6B4F48

monochromatic

#17221E #2F463F #486B60 #619081 #82AB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#486B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#486B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B60

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B60	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.044 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c958d',
    500: '#486b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b60;
$custom-light: #7c958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49757,
    "c": 0.04403,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B60

secondary

#987781

accent

#6C85BC

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF1F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B60

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

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