#157F59#157F59

#157F59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.109 H 162.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F59
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 89)
HSL	hsl(158, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(158, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 29.9%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, -38.11, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 40.17, 161.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% -0.104 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.109 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7007, 16.0582, 12.0375)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F59 #7F153B

analogous

#157F24 #157F59 #15707F

triadic

#157F59 #59157F #7F5915

tetradic

#157F59 #24157F #7F153B #707F15

square

#157F59 #24157F #7F153B #707F15

split-complementary

#157F59 #7F1570 #7F2415

monochromatic

#041A12 #0C4A34 #157F59 #1EB47E #31DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#157F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#157F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F59

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F59	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.109 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67a588',
    500: '#157f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f59;
$custom-light: #67a588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.491,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5303,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F59

secondary

#B43C67

accent

#397AEE

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#EBF4EF

border

#C6CECA

text

#070F0B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F59

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

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