#157A90#157A90

#157A90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.091 H 217.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157A90
RGB	rgb(21, 122, 144)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, -19.04, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 27.37, 225.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% -0.0723 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.091 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3007, 16.0905, 28.8376)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157A90 #902B15

analogous

#159069 #157A90 #153C90

triadic

#157A90 #90157A #7A9015

tetradic

#157A90 #691590 #902B15 #3C9015

square

#157A90 #691590 #902B15 #3C9015

split-complementary

#157A90 #90153C #906915

monochromatic

#051F25 #0D4D5B #157A90 #1DA7C5 #3DC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#157A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#157A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157A90

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157A90	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 122, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.091 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0b0',
    500: '#157a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157a90;
$custom-light: #6ba0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.732,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53625,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157A90

secondary

#C2563E

accent

#5837F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157A90

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

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