#157D59#157D59

#157D59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.106 H 163.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D59
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 89)
HSL	hsl(159, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(159, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 28.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, -37.26, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 39.08, 162.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% -0.102 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.106 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4450, 15.5468, 11.9523)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D59 #7D1539

analogous

#157D25 #157D59 #156D7D

triadic

#157D59 #59157D #7D5915

tetradic

#157D59 #25157D #7D1539 #6D7D15

square

#157D59 #25157D #7D1539 #6D7D15

split-complementary

#157D59 #7D156D #7D2515

monochromatic

#041A13 #0C4934 #157D59 #1EB17E #30DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#157D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#157D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D59

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D59	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.106 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67a388',
    500: '#157d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d59;
$custom-light: #67a388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52473,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D59

secondary

#B23C65

accent

#3A78EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#EBF4EF

border

#C6CECA

text

#070F0B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D59

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

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