#429D9E#429D9E

#429D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429D9E
RGB	rgb(66, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -26.37, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 27.75, 198.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0823 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.086 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4727, 27.7387, 36.6163)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429D9E #9E4342

analogous

#429E71 #429D9E #426F9E

triadic

#429D9E #9E429D #9D9E42

tetradic

#429D9E #71429E #9E4342 #6F9E42

square

#429D9E #71429E #9E4342 #6F9E42

split-complementary

#429D9E #9E426F #9E7142

monochromatic

#1E4748 #307273 #429D9E #60BCBD #8CCECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#429D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#429D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429D9E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429D9E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81baba',
    500: '#429d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429d9e;
$custom-light: #81baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.652,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64226,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429D9E

secondary

#BA8382

accent

#5857D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #429D9E

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

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