#157E72#157E72

#157E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.090 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E72
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(173, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(173, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, -30.88, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 30.91, 182.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% -0.0903 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.09 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8059, 16.2947, 18.4920)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E72 #7E1521

analogous

#157E3E #157E72 #15567E

triadic

#157E72 #72157E #7E7215

tetradic

#157E72 #3E157E #7E1521 #567E15

square

#157E72 #3E157E #7E1521 #567E15

split-complementary

#157E72 #7E1556 #7E3E15

monochromatic

#041A18 #0C4A43 #157E72 #1EB2A1 #31DDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#157E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#157E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E72

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E72	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.090 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a49a',
    500: '#157e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e72;
$custom-light: #68a49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53496,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E72

secondary

#B33C49

accent

#3A4EEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E72

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

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