#428C79#428C79

#428C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.080 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#428C79
RGB	rgb(66, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -27.93, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 28.10, 173.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0797 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.08 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0745, 21.2936, 21.4011)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#428C79 #8C4255

analogous

#428C54 #428C79 #427A8C

triadic

#428C79 #79428C #8C7942

tetradic

#428C79 #54428C #8C4255 #7A8C42

square

#428C79 #54428C #8C4255 #7A8C42

split-complementary

#428C79 #8C427A #8C5442

monochromatic

#1B3931 #2E6255 #428C79 #5AB19B #84C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#428C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#428C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #428C79

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##428C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##428C79	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #428c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.080 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cae9f',
    500: '#428c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #428c79;
$custom-light: #7cae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#428c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.595,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58704,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#428C79

secondary

#B07A88

accent

#5C79CC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #428C79

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

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