#157B80#157B80

#157B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.086 H 200.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B80
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 128)
HSL	hsl(183, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, -25.01, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 27.17, 202.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% -0.0804 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.086 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2867, 15.8824, 22.8886)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B80 #801A15

analogous

#158050 #157B80 #154680

triadic

#157B80 #80157B #7B8015

tetradic

#157B80 #501580 #801A15 #468015

square

#157B80 #501580 #801A15 #468015

split-complementary

#157B80 #801546 #805015

monochromatic

#04191A #0C484B #157B80 #1EAEB5 #32D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#157B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#157B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B80

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B80	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.086 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a1a4',
    500: '#157b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b80;
$custom-light: #69a1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.804,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53206,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B80

secondary

#B5423C

accent

#4239EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B80

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

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