#157A8F#157A8F

#157A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.090 H 216.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157A8F
RGB	rgb(21, 122, 143)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, -19.39, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 27.24, 224.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% -0.0727 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.09 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2246, 16.0601, 28.4369)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157A8F #8F2A15

analogous

#158F67 #157A8F #153D8F

triadic

#157A8F #8F157A #7A8F15

tetradic

#157A8F #67158F #8F2A15 #3D8F15

square

#157A8F #67158F #8F2A15 #3D8F15

split-complementary

#157A8F #8F153D #8F6715

monochromatic

#051F24 #0D4C5A #157A8F #1DA8C4 #3CC6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#157A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#157A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157A8F

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157A8F	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)

#6C7690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 122, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.090 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0af',
    500: '#157a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157a8f;
$custom-light: #6ba0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53579,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157A8F

secondary

#C2553E

accent

#5737F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157A8F

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

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