#486F72#486F72

#486F72 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.044 H 202.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486F72
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 114)
HSL	hsl(184, 23%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -12.85, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 14.20, 205.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% -0.0409 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.044 202)
XYZ	xyz(11.3931, 13.9608, 18.0107)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486F72 #724B48

analogous

#487260 #486F72 #485A72

triadic

#486F72 #72486F #6F7248

tetradic

#486F72 #604872 #724B48 #5A7248

square

#486F72 #604872 #724B48 #5A7248

split-complementary

#486F72 #72485A #726048

monochromatic

#192627 #304A4C #486F72 #609498 #83AEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#486F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#486F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486F72

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486F72	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.044 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d989a',
    500: '#486f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486f72;
$custom-light: #7d989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51388,
    "c": 0.04413,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.13962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486F72

secondary

#9D7B79

accent

#6F69BF

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486F72

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

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