#486D63#486D63

#486D63 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.045 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D63
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 99)
HSL	hsl(164, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, -15.59, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 15.65, 174.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0451 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.045 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3925, 13.2153, 13.8052)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D63 #6D4852

analogous

#486D50 #486D63 #48646D

triadic

#486D63 #63486D #6D6348

tetradic

#486D63 #50486D #6D4852 #646D48

square

#486D63 #50486D #6D4852 #646D48

split-complementary

#486D63 #6D4864 #6D5048

monochromatic

#172320 #304842 #486D63 #609284 #83ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#486D63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#486D63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D63

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D63	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.045 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c978f',
    500: '#486d63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d63;
$custom-light: #7c978f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.784,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50363,
    "c": 0.04522,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D63

secondary

#997781

accent

#6B81BD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D63

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

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