#486B68#486B68

#486B68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.040 H 189.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B68
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(175, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, -13.22, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 13.43, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0399 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.04 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4280, 12.8920, 15.0330)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B68 #6B484B

analogous

#486B56 #486B68 #485C6B

triadic

#486B68 #68486B #6B6848

tetradic

#486B68 #56486B #6B484B #5C6B48

square

#486B68 #56486B #6B484B #5C6B48

split-complementary

#486B68 #6B485C #6B5648

monochromatic

#172221 #2F4644 #486B68 #61908C #82ABA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#486B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#486B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B68

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B68	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.040 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9593',
    500: '#486b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b68;
$custom-light: #7c9593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50023,
    "c": 0.04043,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B68

secondary

#98777A

accent

#6C73BC

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B68

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

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