#486E5D#486E5D

#486E5D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.051 H 164.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E5D
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 93)
HSL	hsl(153, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 35%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, -17.56, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 18.32, 163.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% -0.0494 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.051 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2235, 13.3193, 12.3860)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E5D #6E4859

analogous

#486E4A #486E5D #486C6E

triadic

#486E5D #5D486E #6E5D48

tetradic

#486E5D #4A486E #6E4859 #6C6E48

square

#486E5D #4A486E #6E4859 #6C6E48

split-complementary

#486E5D #6E486C #6E4A48

monochromatic

#18241E #30493E #486E5D #60937C #83AE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#486E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#486E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E5D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E5D	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)

#6D695C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66645E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F6E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.051 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c978a',
    500: '#486e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e5d;
$custom-light: #7c978a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.158,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50433,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E5D

secondary

#9A7887

accent

#6A90BD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0B

muted

#7B7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E5D

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

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