#428E79#428E79

#428E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.083 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#428E79
RGB	rgb(66, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -28.90, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.19, 172.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0821 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.083 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3694, 21.8834, 21.4994)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#428E79 #8E4257

analogous

#428E53 #428E79 #427D8E

triadic

#428E79 #79428E #8E7942

tetradic

#428E79 #53428E #8E4257 #7D8E42

square

#428E79 #53428E #8E4257 #7D8E42

split-complementary

#428E79 #8E427D #8E5342

monochromatic

#1B3A32 #2F6455 #428E79 #5BB39A #84C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#428E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#428E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #428E79

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##428E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##428E79	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #428e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.083 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daf9f',
    500: '#428e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #428e79;
$custom-light: #7daf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#428e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.421,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59218,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#428E79

secondary

#B17B8A

accent

#5B7BCD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #428E79

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

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