#429E9B#429E9B

#429E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.087 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429E9B
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -27.71, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 28.49, 193.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0847 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.087 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3875, 27.9765, 35.3296)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429E9B #9E4245

analogous

#429E6D #429E9B #42739E

triadic

#429E9B #9B429E #9E9B42

tetradic

#429E9B #6D429E #9E4245 #739E42

square

#429E9B #6D429E #9E4245 #739E42

split-complementary

#429E9B #9E4273 #9E6D42

monochromatic

#1E4846 #307371 #429E9B #60BDBA #8CCFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#429E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#429E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429E9B

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429E9B	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.087 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbb8',
    500: '#429e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429e9b;
$custom-light: #80bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64369,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429E9B

secondary

#BA8284

accent

#575BD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #429E9B

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

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