#486D69#486D69

#486D69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.043 H 187.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D69
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 105)
HSL	hsl(174, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, -14.09, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 14.23, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% -0.0423 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.043 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6900, 13.3343, 15.3724)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D69 #6D484C

analogous

#486D56 #486D69 #485E6D

triadic

#486D69 #69486D #6D6948

tetradic

#486D69 #56486D #6D484C #5E6D48

square

#486D69 #56486D #6D484C #5E6D48

split-complementary

#486D69 #6D485E #6D5648

monochromatic

#172322 #304845 #486D69 #60928D #83ADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#486D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#486D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D69

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D69	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.043 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9793',
    500: '#486d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d69;
$custom-light: #7c9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.514,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50564,
    "c": 0.04262,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D69

secondary

#99777B

accent

#6B74BD

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D69

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

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