#486E72#486E72

#486E72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.043 H 204.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E72
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(186, 23%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, -12.29, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 13.90, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% -0.0395 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.043 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2846, 13.7438, 17.9745)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E72 #724C48

analogous

#487261 #486E72 #485972

triadic

#486E72 #72486E #6E7248

tetradic

#486E72 #614872 #724C48 #597248

square

#486E72 #614872 #724C48 #597248

split-complementary

#486E72 #724859 #726148

monochromatic

#192627 #304A4C #486E72 #609298 #83ADB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#486E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#486E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E72

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E72	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.043 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d979a',
    500: '#486e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e72;
$custom-light: #7d979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51138,
    "c": 0.04337,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E72

secondary

#9D7C79

accent

#7169BF

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E72

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

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