#429D8E#429D8E

#429D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429D8E
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -30.76, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 30.76, 180.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0896 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.09 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1840, 27.2233, 29.8296)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429D8E #9D4251

analogous

#429D60 #429D8E #427E9D

triadic

#429D8E #8E429D #9D8E42

tetradic

#429D8E #60429D #9D4251 #7E9D42

square

#429D8E #60429D #9D4251 #7E9D42

split-complementary

#429D8E #9D427E #9D6042

monochromatic

#1E4740 #307267 #429D8E #60BCAD #8BCEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#429D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#429D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429D8E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429D8E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbaaf',
    500: '#429d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429d8e;
$custom-light: #7fbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.11,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63688,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429D8E

secondary

#B9828B

accent

#576BD1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #429D8E

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

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