#157B7E#157B7E

#157B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.086 H 198.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B7E
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 126)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, -25.67, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 27.38, 200.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% -0.0813 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.086 198)
XYZ	xyz(11.1564, 15.8303, 22.2022)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B7E #7E1815

analogous

#157E4D #157B7E #15477E

triadic

#157B7E #7E157B #7B7E15

tetradic

#157B7E #4D157E #7E1815 #477E15

square

#157B7E #4D157E #7E1815 #477E15

split-complementary

#157B7E #7E1547 #7E4D15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C484A #157B7E #1EAEB2 #31D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#157B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#157B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B7E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B7E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.086 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a1a3',
    500: '#157b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b7e;
$custom-light: #69a1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53127,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.15832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B7E

secondary

#B33F3C

accent

#3F3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B7E

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

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