#486D60#486D60

#486D60 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.047 H 170.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D60
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 96)
HSL	hsl(159, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -16.31, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 16.60, 169.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0465 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.047 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2517, 13.1590, 13.0638)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D60 #6D4855

analogous

#486D4D #486D60 #48676D

triadic

#486D60 #60486D #6D6048

tetradic

#486D60 #4D486D #6D4855 #676D48

square

#486D60 #4D486D #6D4855 #676D48

split-complementary

#486D60 #6D4867 #6D4D48

monochromatic

#17231F #304840 #486D60 #609280 #83AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#486D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#486D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D60

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D60	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.047 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c978d',
    500: '#486d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d60;
$custom-light: #7c978d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50268,
    "c": 0.0472,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D60

secondary

#997783

accent

#6B88BD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D60

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

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