#157F81#157F81

#157F81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.088 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F81
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 129)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -26.71, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 28.24, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.084 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.088 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8592, 16.9216, 23.4058)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F81 #811715

analogous

#15814D #157F81 #154981

triadic

#157F81 #81157F #7F8115

tetradic

#157F81 #4D1581 #811715 #498115

square

#157F81 #4D1581 #811715 #498115

split-complementary

#157F81 #811549 #814D15

monochromatic

#041A1A #0C4B4C #157F81 #1EB3B6 #33DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#157F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#157F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F81

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F81	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.088 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa4a5',
    500: '#157f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f81;
$custom-light: #6aa4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54306,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F81

secondary

#B63E3C

accent

#3C39EF

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF4F4

border

#C7CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F81

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

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