#486D72#486D72

#486D72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.043 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D72
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(187, 23%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -11.72, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 13.63, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0382 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.043 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1773, 13.5292, 17.9388)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D72 #724D48

analogous

#487262 #486D72 #485872

triadic

#486D72 #72486D #6D7248

tetradic

#486D72 #624872 #724D48 #587248

square

#486D72 #624872 #724D48 #587248

split-complementary

#486D72 #724858 #726248

monochromatic

#192527 #30494C #486D72 #609198 #83ACB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#486D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#486D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D72

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D72	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.043 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d979a',
    500: '#486d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d72;
$custom-light: #7d979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50888,
    "c": 0.04267,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D72

secondary

#9D7D79

accent

#7369BF

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D72

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

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