#157A9F#157A9F

#157A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.102 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157A9F
RGB	rgb(21, 122, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, -13.65, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 30.70, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% -0.0663 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.102 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5242, 16.5800, 35.2816)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157A9F #9F3A15

analogous

#159F7F #157A9F #15359F

triadic

#157A9F #9F157A #7A9F15

tetradic

#157A9F #7F159F #9F3A15 #359F15

square

#157A9F #7F159F #9F3A15 #359F15

split-complementary

#157A9F #9F1535 #9F7F15

monochromatic

#072733 #0E5169 #157A9F #1CA3D5 #48BCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#157A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#157A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157A9F

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157A9F	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6778A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 122, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.102 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea0bb',
    500: '#157a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157a9f;
$custom-light: #6ea0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54342,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157A9F

secondary

#C86A48

accent

#6835F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #157A9F

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

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