#486E66#486E66

#486E66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.045 H 179.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E66
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(167, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 35%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, -15.40, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 15.40, 179.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% -0.0451 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.045 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6459, 13.4883, 14.6103)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E66 #6E4850

analogous

#486E53 #486E66 #48636E

triadic

#486E66 #66486E #6E6648

tetradic

#486E66 #53486E #6E4850 #636E48

square

#486E66 #53486E #6E4850 #636E48

split-complementary

#486E66 #6E4863 #6E5348

monochromatic

#182421 #304944 #486E66 #609388 #83AEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#486E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#486E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E66

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E66	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.045 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9791',
    500: '#486e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e66;
$custom-light: #7c9791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50716,
    "c": 0.04507,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E66

secondary

#9A787F

accent

#6A7CBD

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2F0

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090D0C

muted

#7B7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E66

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

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