#157E79#157E79

#157E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.088 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E79
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -28.75, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 29.24, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% -0.0868 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.088 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2197, 16.4602, 20.6713)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E79 #7E151A

analogous

#157E45 #157E79 #154F7E

triadic

#157E79 #79157E #7E7915

tetradic

#157E79 #45157E #7E151A #4F7E15

square

#157E79 #45157E #7E151A #4F7E15

split-complementary

#157E79 #7E154F #7E4515

monochromatic

#041A19 #0C4A47 #157E79 #1EB2AB #31DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#157E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#157E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E79

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E79	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.088 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a49f',
    500: '#157e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e79;
$custom-light: #69a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53741,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E79

secondary

#B33C41

accent

#3A42EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E79

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

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