#157E73#157E73

#157E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.090 H 183.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E73
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 115)
HSL	hsl(174, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(174, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, -30.58, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 30.65, 183.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% -0.0898 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.09 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8631, 16.3176, 18.7934)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E73 #7E1520

analogous

#157E3F #157E73 #15557E

triadic

#157E73 #73157E #7E7315

tetradic

#157E73 #3F157E #7E1520 #557E15

square

#157E73 #3F157E #7E1520 #557E15

split-complementary

#157E73 #7E1555 #7E3F15

monochromatic

#041A18 #0C4A43 #157E73 #1EB2A3 #31DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#157E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#157E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E73

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E73	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)

#777673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.090 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68a49b',
    500: '#157e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e73;
$custom-light: #68a49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5353,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E73

secondary

#B33C48

accent

#3A4DEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E73

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

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