#157E7E#157E7E

#157E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.087 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E7E
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 126)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 0%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, -27.17, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 28.34, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% -0.0844 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.087 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5342, 16.5860, 22.3281)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E7E #7E1515

analogous

#157E4A #157E7E #154A7E

triadic

#157E7E #7E157E #7E7E15

tetradic

#157E7E #4A157E #7E1515 #4A7E15

square

#157E7E #4A157E #7E1515 #4A7E15

split-complementary

#157E7E #7E154A #7E4A15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4A4A #157E7E #1EB2B2 #31DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#157E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#157E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E7E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E7E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75777E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.087 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a3',
    500: '#157e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e7e;
$custom-light: #6aa4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53926,
    "c": 0.08735,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E7E

secondary

#B33C3C

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F3

border

#C7CECD

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E7E

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

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