#157D7B#157D7B

#157D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.087 H 192.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D7B
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 123)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, -27.63, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 28.48, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% -0.0848 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.087 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2163, 16.2553, 21.2815)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D7B #7D1517

analogous

#157D47 #157D7B #154B7D

triadic

#157D7B #7B157D #7D7B15

tetradic

#157D7B #47157D #7D1517 #4B7D15

square

#157D7B #47157D #7D1517 #4B7D15

split-complementary

#157D7B #7D154B #7D4715

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4947 #157D7B #1EB1AF #30DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#157D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#157D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D7B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D7B	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75767B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.087 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a3a1',
    500: '#157d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d7b;
$custom-light: #69a3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53546,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D7B

secondary

#B23C3E

accent

#3A3DEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D7B

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

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