#486f57

Color #486f57

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 19.25 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-700 #007a55 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#486f57

RGB

rgb(72, 111, 87)

HSL

hsl(143.1, 21.3%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(143.1, 35.1%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 21.6%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(43.41, -19.43, 9.07)

LCH

lch(43.41, 21.44, 154.98)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0586, 156.58)

HWB

hwb(143.1, 28.2%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f4860

Analogous

#4d6f48

#486f57

#486f6b

Triadic

#486f57

#57486f

#6f5748

Split-complementary

#486f57

#6b486f

#6f484d

Tetradic

#486f57

#48606f

#6f4860

#6f5748

Square

#486f57

#484d6f

#6f4860

#6f6b48

Shades

Color #486f57 mixed toward black.

#3c5d49

#304a3a

#24382c

#18251d

#0c130f

Tints

Color #486f57 mixed toward white.

#5d9071

#7ba98d

#9cbfa9

#bdd4c6

#deeae2

Tones

Color #486f57 mixed toward gray.

#4b6c58

#4f6959

#526559

#55625a

#585f5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.69:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c5e · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#59565f · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#4b6263 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #486f57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486f57]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Spring Green #00ff7f

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#486f57 (#486f57) is rgb(72, 111, 87) in RGB.

No, #486f57 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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