#486C69#486C69

#486C69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.041 H 189.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C69
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 105)
HSL	hsl(175, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, -13.53, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 13.75, 190.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0409 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.041 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5840, 13.1222, 15.3370)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C69 #6C484B

analogous

#486C57 #486C69 #485D6C

triadic

#486C69 #69486C #6C6948

tetradic

#486C69 #57486C #6C484B #5D6C48

square

#486C69 #57486C #6C484B #5D6C48

split-complementary

#486C69 #6C485D #6C5748

monochromatic

#172322 #304745 #486C69 #60918D #82ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#486C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#486C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C69

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C69	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.041 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9693',
    500: '#486c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c69;
$custom-light: #7c9693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50311,
    "c": 0.04141,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C69

secondary

#99777A

accent

#6B72BD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C69

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

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