#486C68#486C68

#486C68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.042 H 187.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C68
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 104)
HSL	hsl(173, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -13.79, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 13.91, 187.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0413 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.042 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5329, 13.1017, 15.0679)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C68 #6C484C

analogous

#486C56 #486C68 #485E6C

triadic

#486C68 #68486C #6C6848

tetradic

#486C68 #56486C #6C484C #5E6C48

square

#486C68 #56486C #6C484C #5E6C48

split-complementary

#486C68 #6C485E #6C5648

monochromatic

#172321 #304745 #486C68 #60918B #82ACA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#486C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#486C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C68

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C68	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.042 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9693',
    500: '#486c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c68;
$custom-light: #7c9693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50276,
    "c": 0.04165,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C68

secondary

#99777B

accent

#6B74BD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C68

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

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