#157B5E#157B5E

#157B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.099 H 168.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B5E
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 94)
HSL	hsl(163, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(163, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 23.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, -35.13, 8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 36.04, 167.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% -0.0973 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.099 168)
XYZ	xyz(9.4115, 15.1323, 13.0123)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B5E #7B1532

analogous

#157B2B #157B5E #15657B

triadic

#157B5E #5E157B #7B5E15

tetradic

#157B5E #2B157B #7B1532 #657B15

square

#157B5E #2B157B #7B1532 #657B15

split-complementary

#157B5E #7B1565 #7B2B15

monochromatic

#041A14 #0C4736 #157B5E #1EAF86 #2FDBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#157B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#157B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B5E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B5E	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.099 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66a28b',
    500: '#157b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b5e;
$custom-light: #66a28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.941,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52052,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.15133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B5E

secondary

#B03B5D

accent

#3A6DEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#EBF3F0

border

#C6CDCB

text

#070F0C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B5E

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

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