#157C7B#157C7B

#157C7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.086 H 193.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#157C7B
RGBrgb(21, 124, 123)
HSLhsl(179, 71%, 28%)
HSVhsv(179, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(83.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(46.98, -27.13, -7.41)
CIE-LCHlch(46.98, 28.13, 195.27°)
OKLaboklab(53.28% -0.0838 -0.0206)
OKLCHoklch(53.28% 0.086 193.8)
XYZxyz(11.0904, 16.0034, 21.2395)
Luminance0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#157C7B #7C1516
analogous
#157C47 #157C7B #15497C
triadic
#157C7B #7B157C #7C7B15
tetradic
#157C7B #47157C #7C1516 #497C15
square
#157C7B #47157C #7C1516 #497C15
split-complementary
#157C7B #7C1549 #7C4715
monochromatic
#041A1A #0C4847 #157C7B #1EB0AF #30DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00
#157C7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20
#157C7B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C7B
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##157C7B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##157C7B1.005.004.205.00
#FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00
#0000004.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.001.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#73757B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#656B7C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00807B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #157c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.086 193.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a2a1',
    500: '#157c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #157c7b;
$custom-light: #69a2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#157c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53279,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#157C7B
secondary
#B13C3D
accent
#3A3CEE
background
#F6FAF9
surface
#ECF3F2
border
#C7CDCC
text
#070F0E
muted
#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

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#157C7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva