#157D7E#157D7E

#157D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.087 H 195.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D7E
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 126)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, -26.67, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 28.01, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% -0.0834 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.087 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4070, 16.3316, 22.2857)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D7E #7E1615

analogous

#157E4B #157D7E #15497E

triadic

#157D7E #7E157D #7D7E15

tetradic

#157D7E #4B157E #7E1615 #497E15

square

#157D7E #4B157E #7E1615 #497E15

split-complementary

#157D7E #7E1549 #7E4B15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C494A #157D7E #1EB1B2 #31DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#157D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#157D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D7E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D7E	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.087 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a3a3',
    500: '#157d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d7e;
$custom-light: #69a3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5366,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D7E

secondary

#B33D3C

accent

#3B3AEE

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F3

border

#C7CECD

text

#070F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D7E

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

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