#157E81#157E81

#157E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 198.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E81
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 129)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -26.21, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 27.94, 200.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% -0.083 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.087 198)
XYZ	xyz(11.7307, 16.6646, 23.3629)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E81 #811815

analogous

#15814E #157E81 #154881

triadic

#157E81 #81157E #7E8115

tetradic

#157E81 #4E1581 #811815 #488115

square

#157E81 #4E1581 #811815 #488115

split-complementary

#157E81 #811548 #814E15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4B4C #157E81 #1EB1B6 #33D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#157E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#157E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E81

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E81	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a5',
    500: '#157e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e81;
$custom-light: #6aa4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54041,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.16666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E81

secondary

#B63F3C

accent

#3E39EF

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E81

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

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