#157E78#157E78

#157E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.088 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E78
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 120)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, -29.06, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 29.45, 189.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% -0.0873 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.088 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1586, 16.4358, 20.3500)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E78 #7E151B

analogous

#157E44 #157E78 #15507E

triadic

#157E78 #78157E #7E7815

tetradic

#157E78 #44157E #7E151B #507E15

square

#157E78 #44157E #7E151B #507E15

split-complementary

#157E78 #7E1550 #7E4415

monochromatic

#041A19 #0C4A46 #157E78 #1EB2AA #31DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#157E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#157E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E78

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E78	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.088 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a49e',
    500: '#157e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e78;
$custom-light: #69a49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53705,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E78

secondary

#B33C43

accent

#3A44EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E78

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →