#157E6E#157E6E

#157E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.092 H 179.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E6E
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 110)
HSL	hsl(171, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(171, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, -32.05, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 32.06, 178.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% -0.0923 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.092 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5832, 16.2056, 17.3190)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E6E #7E1525

analogous

#157E3A #157E6E #155A7E

triadic

#157E6E #6E157E #7E6E15

tetradic

#157E6E #3A157E #7E1525 #5A7E15

square

#157E6E #3A157E #7E1525 #5A7E15

split-complementary

#157E6E #7E155A #7E3A15

monochromatic

#041A17 #0C4A40 #157E6E #1EB29C #31DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#157E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#157E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E6E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E6E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78766D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.092 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a497',
    500: '#157e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e6e;
$custom-light: #68a497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53363,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E6E

secondary

#B33C4E

accent

#3A55EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0D

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E6E

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

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