#486D68#486D68

#486D68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.043 H 185.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D68
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 104)
HSL	hsl(172, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -14.35, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 14.41, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.0427 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.043 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6390, 13.3139, 15.1033)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D68 #6D484D

analogous

#486D55 #486D68 #485F6D

triadic

#486D68 #68486D #6D6848

tetradic

#486D68 #55486D #6D484D #5F6D48

square

#486D68 #55486D #6D484D #5F6D48

split-complementary

#486D68 #6D485F #6D5548

monochromatic

#172322 #304845 #486D68 #60928B #83ADA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#486D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#486D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D68

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D68	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.043 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9793',
    500: '#486d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d68;
$custom-light: #7c9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50529,
    "c": 0.04292,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D68

secondary

#99777C

accent

#6B76BD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D68

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

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