#157F7B#157F7B

#157F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.088 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F7B
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 123)
HSL	hsl(178, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, -28.61, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 29.22, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% -0.0869 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.088 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4721, 16.7668, 21.3667)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F7B #7F1519

analogous

#157F46 #157F7B #154E7F

triadic

#157F7B #7B157F #7F7B15

tetradic

#157F7B #46157F #7F1519 #4E7F15

square

#157F7B #46157F #7F1519 #4E7F15

split-complementary

#157F7B #7F154E #7F4615

monochromatic

#041A19 #0C4A48 #157F7B #1EB4AE #31DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#157F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#157F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F7B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F7B	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.088 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#69a4a1',
    500: '#157f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f7b;
$custom-light: #69a4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54081,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F7B

secondary

#B43C40

accent

#3940EE

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#070F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F7B

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

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