#427A70#427A70

#427A70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.062 H 181.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#427A70
RGB	rgb(66, 122, 112)
HSL	hsl(169, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, -21.09, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 21.09, 180.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% -0.0617 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.062 181)
XYZ	xyz(12.1298, 16.2462, 17.8227)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#427A70 #7A424C

analogous

#427A54 #427A70 #42687A

triadic

#427A70 #70427A #7A7042

tetradic

#427A70 #54427A #7A424C #687A42

square

#427A70 #54427A #7A424C #687A42

split-complementary

#427A70 #7A4268 #7A5442

monochromatic

#172B27 #2D524C #427A70 #57A294 #7DB9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#427A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#427A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #427A70

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##427A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##427A70	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #427a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 122, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.062 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa099',
    500: '#427a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #427a70;
$custom-light: #7aa099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#427a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5379,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.16247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#427A70

secondary

#A4747C

accent

#6274C6

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#090F0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #427A70

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

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