#157E69#157E69

#157E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.095 H 174.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E69
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 105)
HSL	hsl(168, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(168, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 16.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, -33.48, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 33.66, 174.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% -0.0948 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.095 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3186, 16.0998, 15.9256)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E69 #7E152A

analogous

#157E35 #157E69 #155F7E

triadic

#157E69 #69157E #7E6915

tetradic

#157E69 #35157E #7E152A #5F7E15

square

#157E69 #35157E #7E152A #5F7E15

split-complementary

#157E69 #7E155F #7E3515

monochromatic

#041A16 #0C4A3D #157E69 #1EB295 #31DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#157E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#157E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E69

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E69	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.095 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a493',
    500: '#157e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e69;
$custom-light: #68a493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53204,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E69

secondary

#B33C54

accent

#3A5EEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#070F0D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E69

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

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