#486E57#486E57

#486E57 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.057 H 157.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E57
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(144, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(144, 35%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, -18.90, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 20.77, 155.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% -0.0523 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.057 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9681, 13.2172, 11.0409)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E57 #6E485F

analogous

#4C6E48 #486E57 #486E6A

triadic

#486E57 #57486E #6E5748

tetradic

#486E57 #484C6E #6E485F #6E6A48

square

#486E57 #484C6E #6E485F #6E6A48

split-complementary

#486E57 #6A486E #6E484C

monochromatic

#18241C #30493A #486E57 #609374 #83AE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#486E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#486E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E57

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E57	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#416D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.057 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9786',
    500: '#486e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e57;
$custom-light: #7c9786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.684,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50261,
    "c": 0.05683,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E57

secondary

#9A788D

accent

#6A9DBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2EF

border

#C9CCCA

text

#090D0B

muted

#7B7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E57

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

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