#157E5B#157E5B

#157E5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.106 H 164.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E5B
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 91)
HSL	hsl(160, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(160, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 27.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, -37.19, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 38.83, 163.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.102 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.106 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6573, 15.8353, 12.4430)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E5B #7E1538

analogous

#157E27 #157E5B #156D7E

triadic

#157E5B #5B157E #7E5B15

tetradic

#157E5B #27157E #7E1538 #6D7E15

square

#157E5B #27157E #7E1538 #6D7E15

split-complementary

#157E5B #7E156D #7E2715

monochromatic

#041A13 #0C4A35 #157E5B #1EB281 #31DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#157E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#157E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E5B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E5B	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.106 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67a489',
    500: '#157e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e5b;
$custom-light: #67a489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52804,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E5B

secondary

#B33C64

accent

#3A76EE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#EBF4F0

border

#C6CECB

text

#070F0B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E5B

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

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