#429A8E#429A8E

#429A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.086 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429A8E
RGB	rgb(66, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -29.31, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 29.35, 183.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0862 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.086 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6827, 26.2206, 29.6625)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429A8E #9A424E

analogous

#429A62 #429A8E #427A9A

triadic

#429A8E #8E429A #9A8E42

tetradic

#429A8E #62429A #9A424E #7A9A42

square

#429A8E #62429A #9A424E #7A9A42

split-complementary

#429A8E #9A427A #9A6242

monochromatic

#1D443F #306F66 #429A8E #5FBAAE #8ACDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#429A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#429A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429A8E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429A8E	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.086 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb8af',
    500: '#429a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429a8e;
$custom-light: #7fb8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6293,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429A8E

secondary

#B88088

accent

#5868D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429A8E

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

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