#429CA9#429CA9

#429CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.087 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429CA9
RGB	rgb(66, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -22.64, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 27.05, 213.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0764 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.087 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2937, 27.7976, 41.7717)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429CA9 #A94F42

analogous

#42A982 #429CA9 #4268A9

triadic

#429CA9 #A9429C #9CA942

tetradic

#429CA9 #8242A9 #A94F42 #68A942

square

#429CA9 #8242A9 #A94F42 #68A942

split-complementary

#429CA9 #A94268 #A98242

monochromatic

#204B51 #31737D #429CA9 #65B7C3 #91CCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#429CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#429CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429CA9

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429CA9	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.087 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9c2',
    500: '#429ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429ca9;
$custom-light: #81b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.573,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64388,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429CA9

secondary

#C08E87

accent

#6454D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #429CA9

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

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