#486D65#486D65

#486D65 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.044 H 179.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D65
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 101)
HSL	hsl(167, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, -15.10, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 15.10, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% -0.0441 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.044 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4893, 13.2540, 14.3150)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D65 #6D4850

analogous

#486D52 #486D65 #48626D

triadic

#486D65 #65486D #6D6548

tetradic

#486D65 #52486D #6D4850 #626D48

square

#486D65 #52486D #6D4850 #626D48

split-complementary

#486D65 #6D4862 #6D5248

monochromatic

#172321 #304843 #486D65 #609287 #83ADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#486D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#486D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D65

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D65	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.044 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9790',
    500: '#486d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d65;
$custom-light: #7c9790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50429,
    "c": 0.04414,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D65

secondary

#99777F

accent

#6B7DBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D65

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

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