#486D66#486D66

#486D66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.044 H 181.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D66
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 102)
HSL	hsl(169, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, -14.85, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 14.85, 181.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% -0.0437 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.044 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5386, 13.2737, 14.5746)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D66 #6D484F

analogous

#486D53 #486D66 #48616D

triadic

#486D66 #66486D #6D6648

tetradic

#486D66 #53486D #6D484F #616D48

square

#486D66 #53486D #6D484F #616D48

split-complementary

#486D66 #6D4861 #6D5348

monochromatic

#172321 #304844 #486D66 #609288 #83ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#486D66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#486D66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D66

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D66	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)

#6A6966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.044 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9791',
    500: '#486d66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d66;
$custom-light: #7c9791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50462,
    "c": 0.04368,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D66

secondary

#99777E

accent

#6B7ABD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D66

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

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