#157B59#157B59

#157B59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.104 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B59
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(160, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(160, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 27.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.70, -36.41, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.70, 37.99, 163.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% -0.0999 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.104 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1943, 15.0455, 11.8687)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B59 #7B1537

analogous

#157B26 #157B59 #156A7B

triadic

#157B59 #59157B #7B5915

tetradic

#157B59 #26157B #7B1537 #6A7B15

square

#157B59 #26157B #7B1537 #6A7B15

split-complementary

#157B59 #7B156A #7B2615

monochromatic

#041A13 #0C4733 #157B59 #1EAF7F #2FDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#157B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#157B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B59

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B59	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.104 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66a288',
    500: '#157b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b59;
$custom-light: #66a288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51916,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B59

secondary

#B03B62

accent

#3A76EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#EBF3EF

border

#C6CDCA

text

#070F0B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B59

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

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