#157A8C#157A8C

#157A8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.089 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157A8C
RGB	rgb(21, 122, 140)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, -20.44, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 26.93, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% -0.074 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.089 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0004, 15.9704, 27.2560)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157A8C #8C2715

analogous

#158C63 #157A8C #153F8C

triadic

#157A8C #8C157A #7A8C15

tetradic

#157A8C #63158C #8C2715 #3F8C15

square

#157A8C #63158C #8C2715 #3F8C15

split-complementary

#157A8C #8C153F #8C6315

monochromatic

#051D22 #0D4C57 #157A8C #1DA8C1 #3AC8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#157A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#157A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157A8C

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157A8C	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 122, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.089 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ad',
    500: '#157a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157a8c;
$custom-light: #6ba0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53446,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157A8C

secondary

#C0513D

accent

#5337F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157A8C

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

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