#157E6B#157E6B

#157E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.094 H 176.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E6B
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 107)
HSL	hsl(169, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(169, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 15.1%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, -32.92, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 33.00, 175.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% -0.0938 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.094 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4226, 16.1414, 16.4733)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E6B #7E1528

analogous

#157E37 #157E6B #155D7E

triadic

#157E6B #6B157E #7E6B15

tetradic

#157E6B #37157E #7E1528 #5D7E15

square

#157E6B #37157E #7E1528 #5D7E15

split-complementary

#157E6B #7E155D #7E3715

monochromatic

#041A16 #0C4A3E #157E6B #1EB298 #31DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#157E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#157E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E6B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E6B	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79756A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.094 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a495',
    500: '#157e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e6b;
$custom-light: #68a495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53266,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E6B

secondary

#B33C51

accent

#3A5AEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F1

border

#C7CECB

text

#070F0D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E6B

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

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