#429C8B#429C8B

#429C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.090 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429C8B
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -31.07, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 31.08, 178.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0898 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.09 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7933, 26.7974, 28.6031)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429C8B #9C4253

analogous

#429C5E #429C8B #42809C

triadic

#429C8B #8B429C #9C8B42

tetradic

#429C8B #5E429C #9C4253 #809C42

square

#429C8B #5E429C #9C4253 #809C42

split-complementary

#429C8B #9C4280 #9C5E42

monochromatic

#1E463E #307165 #429C8B #60BCAA #8BCEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#429C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#429C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429C8B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429C8B	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.090 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9ac',
    500: '#429c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429c8b;
$custom-light: #7fb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429C8B

secondary

#B9818C

accent

#576ED0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429C8B

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

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