#157E7B#157E7B

#157E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.088 H 191.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E7B
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 123)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 2.4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, -28.12, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 28.85, 192.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% -0.0858 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.088 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3436, 16.5098, 21.3239)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E7B #7E1518

analogous

#157E47 #157E7B #154D7E

triadic

#157E7B #7B157E #7E7B15

tetradic

#157E7B #47157E #7E1518 #4D7E15

square

#157E7B #47157E #7E1518 #4D7E15

split-complementary

#157E7B #7E154D #7E4715

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4A48 #157E7B #1EB2AE #31DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#157E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#157E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E7B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E7B	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.088 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a4a1',
    500: '#157e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e7b;
$custom-light: #69a4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53814,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E7B

secondary

#B33C3F

accent

#3A3FEE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E7B

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

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