#429C8E#429C8E

#429C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.088 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429C8E
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -30.28, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 30.29, 181.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0884 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.088 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0155, 26.8863, 29.7734)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429C8E #9C4250

analogous

#429C61 #429C8E #427D9C

triadic

#429C8E #8E429C #9C8E42

tetradic

#429C8E #61429C #9C4250 #7D9C42

square

#429C8E #61429C #9C4250 #7D9C42

split-complementary

#429C8E #9C427D #9C6142

monochromatic

#1E4640 #307167 #429C8E #60BCAD #8BCEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#429C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#429C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429C8E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429C8E	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.088 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9af',
    500: '#429c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429c8e;
$custom-light: #7fb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429C8E

secondary

#B9818A

accent

#576AD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429C8E

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

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