#157E6D#157E6D

#157E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.093 H 178.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#157E6D
RGBrgb(21, 126, 109)
HSLhsl(170, 71%, 29%)
HSVhsv(170, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(83.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(47.21, -32.34, 1.23)
CIE-LCHlch(47.21, 32.37, 177.83°)
OKLaboklab(53.33% -0.0928 0.0027)
OKLCHoklch(53.33% 0.093 178.3)
XYZxyz(10.5290, 16.1839, 17.0339)
Luminance0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#157E6D #7E1526
analogous
#157E39 #157E6D #155B7E
triadic
#157E6D #6D157E #7E6D15
tetradic
#157E6D #39157E #7E1526 #5B7E15
square
#157E6D #39157E #7E1526 #5B7E15
split-complementary
#157E6D #7E155B #7E3915
monochromatic
#041A17 #0C4A40 #157E6D #1EB29A #31DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96
#157E6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24
#157E6D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E6D
4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##157E6D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##157E6D1.004.964.244.96
#FFFFFF4.961.0021.001.00
#0000004.2421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.961.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#78766C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B6C6E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008079
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #157e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.093 178.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a496',
    500: '#157e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #157e6d;
$custom-light: #68a496;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#157e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5333,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#157E6D
secondary
#B33C4F
accent
#3A57EE
background
#F6FAF9
surface
#ECF4F2
border
#C7CECC
text
#070F0D
muted
#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

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#157E6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva