#157F80#157F80

#157F80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.088 H 195.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F80
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 128)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, -27.03, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 28.38, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% -0.0845 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.088 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7931, 16.8952, 23.0574)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F80 #801615

analogous

#15804C #157F80 #154A80

triadic

#157F80 #80157F #7F8015

tetradic

#157F80 #4C1580 #801615 #4A8015

square

#157F80 #4C1580 #801615 #4A8015

split-complementary

#157F80 #80154A #804C15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4B4B #157F80 #1EB3B5 #32DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#157F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#157F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F80

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F80	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.088 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a4',
    500: '#157f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f80;
$custom-light: #6aa4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54268,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F80

secondary

#B53D3C

accent

#3B39EF

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F80

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

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