#157D79#157D79

#157D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.087 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D79
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, -28.26, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 28.85, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% -0.0858 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.087 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0924, 16.2057, 20.6288)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D79 #7D1519

analogous

#157D45 #157D79 #154D7D

triadic

#157D79 #79157D #7D7915

tetradic

#157D79 #45157D #7D1519 #4D7D15

square

#157D79 #45157D #7D1519 #4D7D15

split-complementary

#157D79 #7D154D #7D4515

monochromatic

#041A19 #0C4946 #157D79 #1EB1AC #30DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#157D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#157D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D79

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D79	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.087 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a39f',
    500: '#157d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d79;
$custom-light: #69a39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53473,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D79

secondary

#B23C40

accent

#3A41EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D79

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

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