#157E38#157E38

#157E38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.139 H 148.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E38
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(140, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(140, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 55.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, -44.36, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 53.51, 145.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% -0.1191 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.139 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4832, 15.3656, 6.2594)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E38 #7E155B

analogous

#277E15 #157E38 #157E6D

triadic

#157E38 #38157E #7E3815

tetradic

#157E38 #15277E #7E155B #7E6D15

square

#157E38 #15277E #7E155B #7E6D15

split-complementary

#157E38 #6D157E #7E1527

monochromatic

#041A0C #0C4A21 #157E38 #1EB24F #31DD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#157E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#157E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E38

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E38	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.139 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67a470',
    500: '#157e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e38;
$custom-light: #67a470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52081,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E38

secondary

#B33C8B

accent

#3AB2EE

background

#F6FAF6

surface

#EBF4EC

border

#C6CEC7

text

#070F07

muted

#7A7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E38

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

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