#157C7E#157C7E

#157C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.086 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C7E
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 126)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, -26.17, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 27.69, 199.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% -0.0824 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.086 197)
XYZ	xyz(11.2811, 16.0797, 22.2437)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C7E #7E1715

analogous

#157E4C #157C7E #15487E

triadic

#157C7E #7E157C #7C7E15

tetradic

#157C7E #4C157E #7E1715 #487E15

square

#157C7E #4C157E #7E1715 #487E15

split-complementary

#157C7E #7E1548 #7E4C15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C484A #157C7E #1EB0B2 #31D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#157C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#157C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C7E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C7E	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.086 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a2a3',
    500: '#157c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c7e;
$custom-light: #69a2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53393,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C7E

secondary

#B33E3C

accent

#3D3AEE

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF3F3

border

#C7CDCD

text

#070F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C7E

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

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