#486D5D#486D5D

#486D5D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.050 H 165.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D5D
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 93)
HSL	hsl(154, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 14.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -17.02, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 17.67, 164.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.048 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.05 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1162, 13.1048, 12.3502)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D5D #6D4858

analogous

#486D4A #486D5D #486A6D

triadic

#486D5D #5D486D #6D5D48

tetradic

#486D5D #4A486D #6D4858 #6A6D48

square

#486D5D #4A486D #6D4858 #6A6D48

split-complementary

#486D5D #6D486A #6D4A48

monochromatic

#17231E #30483E #486D5D #60927C #83AD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#486D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#486D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D5D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D5D	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)

#6B685C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65645E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.050 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c978a',
    500: '#486d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d5d;
$custom-light: #7c978a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.054,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50176,
    "c": 0.04954,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D5D

secondary

#997786

accent

#6B8EBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0B

muted

#7B7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D5D

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

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