#429C9D#429C9D

#429C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.085 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429C9D
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -26.15, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 27.52, 198.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0816 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.085 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2184, 27.3675, 36.1087)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429C9D #9D4342

analogous

#429D70 #429C9D #426E9D

triadic

#429C9D #9D429C #9C9D42

tetradic

#429C9D #70429D #9D4342 #6E9D42

square

#429C9D #70429D #9D4342 #6E9D42

split-complementary

#429C9D #9D426E #9D7042

monochromatic

#1E4647 #307172 #429C9D #60BBBC #8BCECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#429C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#429C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429C9D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429C9D	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.085 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b9b9',
    500: '#429c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429c9d;
$custom-light: #80b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63942,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429C9D

secondary

#B98282

accent

#5857D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #429C9D

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

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