#429D8B#429D8B

#429D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429D8B
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -31.54, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 31.57, 177.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.091 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.091 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9618, 27.1344, 28.6593)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429D8B #9D4254

analogous

#429D5D #429D8B #42819D

triadic

#429D8B #8B429D #9D8B42

tetradic

#429D8B #5D429D #9D4254 #819D42

square

#429D8B #5D429D #9D4254 #819D42

split-complementary

#429D8B #9D4281 #9D5D42

monochromatic

#1E473F #307265 #429D8B #60BCAA #8BCEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#429D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#429D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429D8B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429D8B	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbaac',
    500: '#429d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429d8b;
$custom-light: #7fbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.132,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429D8B

secondary

#B9828D

accent

#576FD1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429D8B

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

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