#157B7D#157B7D

#157B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.086 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#157B7D
RGBrgb(21, 123, 125)
HSLhsl(181, 71%, 29%)
HSVhsv(181, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(83.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(46.72, -25.99, -8.98)
CIE-LCHlch(46.72, 27.50, 199.07°)
OKLaboklab(53.09% -0.0818 -0.025)
OKLCHoklch(53.09% 0.086 197)
XYZxyz(11.0922, 15.8046, 21.8640)
Luminance0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#157B7D #7D1715
analogous
#157D4B #157B7D #15477D
triadic
#157B7D #7D157B #7B7D15
tetradic
#157B7D #4B157D #7D1715 #477D15
square
#157B7D #4B157D #7D1715 #477D15
split-complementary
#157B7D #7D1547 #7D4B15
monochromatic
#041A1A #0C4749 #157B7D #1EAFB1 #30D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#157B7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16
#157B7D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B7D
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##157B7D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##157B7D1.005.054.165.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#72757D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#646A7E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00807B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #157b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.086 197.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a1a2',
    500: '#157b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #157b7d;
$custom-light: #69a1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#157b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53088,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.15806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#157B7D
secondary
#B23E3C
accent
#3D3AEE
background
#F6FAF9
surface
#ECF3F2
border
#C7CDCC
text
#070F0F
muted
#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B7D

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#157B7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva