#157D78#157D78

#157D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.088 H 189.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D78
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, -28.57, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 29.05, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% -0.0863 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.088 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0314, 16.1813, 20.3076)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D78 #7D151A

analogous

#157D44 #157D78 #154E7D

triadic

#157D78 #78157D #7D7815

tetradic

#157D78 #44157D #7D151A #4E7D15

square

#157D78 #44157D #7D151A #4E7D15

split-complementary

#157D78 #7D154E #7D4415

monochromatic

#041A19 #0C4946 #157D78 #1EB1AA #30DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#157D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#157D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D78

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D78	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.088 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a39e',
    500: '#157d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d78;
$custom-light: #69a39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53436,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D78

secondary

#B23C41

accent

#3A42EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D78

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

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