#157A81#157A81

#157A81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.085 H 202.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157A81
RGB	rgb(21, 122, 129)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, -24.17, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 26.83, 205.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% -0.0789 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.085 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2294, 15.6621, 23.1959)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157A81 #811C15

analogous

#158152 #157A81 #154481

triadic

#157A81 #81157A #7A8115

tetradic

#157A81 #521581 #811C15 #448115

square

#157A81 #521581 #811C15 #448115

split-complementary

#157A81 #811544 #815215

monochromatic

#04191A #0C484C #157A81 #1EACB6 #33D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#157A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#157A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157A81

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157A81	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 122, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.085 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a1a5',
    500: '#157a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157a81;
$custom-light: #69a1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.889,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52981,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157A81

secondary

#B6443C

accent

#4539EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157A81

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

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