#486F6D#486F6D

#486F6D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.044 H 191.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486F6D
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 109)
HSL	hsl(177, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, -14.18, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 14.55, 192.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% -0.0432 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.044 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1163, 13.8501, 16.5526)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486F6D #6F484A

analogous

#486F59 #486F6D #485D6F

triadic

#486F6D #6D486F #6F6D48

tetradic

#486F6D #59486F #6F484A #5D6F48

square

#486F6D #59486F #6F484A #5D6F48

split-complementary

#486F6D #6F485D #6F5948

monochromatic

#182524 #304A49 #486F6D #609491 #83AFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#486F6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#486F6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486F6D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486F6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486F6D	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63666D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486f6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.044 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9896',
    500: '#486f6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486f6d;
$custom-light: #7d9896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486f6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51208,
    "c": 0.04412,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486F6D

secondary

#9B787A

accent

#6A6EBE

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486F6D

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

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