#486E73#486E73

#486E73 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.044 H 206.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E73
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 115)
HSL	hsl(187, 23%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -12.01, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 13.93, 210.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% -0.0391 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.044 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3419, 13.7667, 18.2759)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E73 #734D48

analogous

#487363 #486E73 #485973

triadic

#486E73 #73486E #6E7348

tetradic

#486E73 #634873 #734D48 #597348

square

#486E73 #634873 #734D48 #597348

split-complementary

#486E73 #734859 #736348

monochromatic

#192628 #304A4D #486E73 #609299 #84ACB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#486E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#486E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E73

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E73	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.044 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d979b',
    500: '#486e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e73;
$custom-light: #7d979b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 22.995,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51176,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E73

secondary

#9E7D79

accent

#7268BF

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E73

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

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