#486F6C#486F6C

#486F6C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.044 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486F6C
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 108)
HSL	hsl(175, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, -14.44, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 14.69, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% -0.0436 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.044 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0627, 13.8286, 16.2707)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486F6C #6F484B

analogous

#486F58 #486F6C #485E6F

triadic

#486F6C #6C486F #6F6C48

tetradic

#486F6C #58486F #6F484B #5E6F48

square

#486F6C #58486F #6F484B #5E6F48

split-complementary

#486F6C #6F485E #6F5848

monochromatic

#182524 #304A48 #486F6C #609490 #83AFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#486F6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#486F6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486F6C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486F6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486F6C	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64666C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486f6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.044 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9896',
    500: '#486f6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486f6c;
$custom-light: #7d9896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486f6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51173,
    "c": 0.04429,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486F6C

secondary

#9B787B

accent

#6A70BE

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486F6C

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

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