#157B85#157B85

#157B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.086 H 205.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B85
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 133)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, -23.35, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 26.88, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% -0.0781 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.086 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6240, 16.0173, 24.6648)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B85 #851F15

analogous

#158557 #157B85 #154385

triadic

#157B85 #85157B #7B8515

tetradic

#157B85 #571585 #851F15 #438515

square

#157B85 #571585 #851F15 #438515

split-complementary

#157B85 #851543 #855715

monochromatic

#04191B #0D4A50 #157B85 #1DACBA #35D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#157B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#157B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B85

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B85	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.086 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa1a8',
    500: '#157b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b85;
$custom-light: #6aa1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53408,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B85

secondary

#B9483C

accent

#4938EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B85

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

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