#429D9D#429D9D

#429D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429D9D
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -26.65, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 27.86, 196.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0827 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.086 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3869, 27.7045, 36.1648)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429D9D #9D4242

analogous

#429D6F #429D9D #426F9D

triadic

#429D9D #9D429D #9D9D42

tetradic

#429D9D #6F429D #9D4242 #6F9D42

square

#429D9D #6F429D #9D4242 #6F9D42

split-complementary

#429D9D #9D426F #9D6F42

monochromatic

#1E4747 #307272 #429D9D #60BCBC #8BCECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#429D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#429D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429D9D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429D9D	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bab9',
    500: '#429d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429d9d;
$custom-light: #80bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6419,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429D9D

secondary

#B98282

accent

#5757D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #429D9D

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

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