#427f7e

Color #427f7e

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#427f7e

RGB

rgb(66, 127, 126)

HSL

hsl(179, 31.6%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179, 48%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(48%, 0%, 0.8%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(49.3, -19.96, -5.58)

LCH

lch(49.3, 20.73, 195.62)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0634, 194.06)

HWB

hwb(179, 25.9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f4243

Analogous

#427f5f

#427f7e

#42617f

Triadic

#427f7e

#7e427f

#7f7e42

Split-complementary

#427f7e

#7f4261

#7f5f42

Tetradic

#427f7e

#42437f

#7f4243

#7f7e42

Square

#427f7e

#5f427f

#7f4243

#617f42

Shades

Color #427f7e mixed toward black.

#376a69

#2c5554

#213f3f

#162a2a

#0b1515

Tints

Color #427f7e mixed toward white.

#54a2a0

#74b7b6

#97c9c8

#b9dbda

#dceded

Tones

Color #427f7e mixed toward gray.

#477a79

#4c7574

#51706f

#566b6a

#5b6565

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62637e · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#5f5a7e · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#477e7e · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 17.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #427f7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#427f7e]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#427f7e (#427f7e) is rgb(66, 127, 126) in RGB.

No, #427f7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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