#429C8C#429C8C

#429C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429C8C
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -30.80, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 30.81, 179.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0894 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.089 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8667, 26.8268, 28.9897)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429C8C #9C4252

analogous

#429C5F #429C8C #427F9C

triadic

#429C8C #8C429C #9C8C42

tetradic

#429C8C #5F429C #9C4252 #7F9C42

square

#429C8C #5F429C #9C4252 #7F9C42

split-complementary

#429C8C #9C427F #9C5F42

monochromatic

#1E463F #307165 #429C8C #60BCAB #8BCEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#429C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#429C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429C8C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429C8C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9ad',
    500: '#429c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429c8c;
$custom-light: #7fb9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429C8C

secondary

#B9818B

accent

#576DD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429C8C

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

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