#157B89#157B89

#157B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.088 H 209.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B89
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 137)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, -22.00, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 26.88, 215.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% -0.0763 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.088 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9056, 16.1300, 26.1480)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B89 #892315

analogous

#15895D #157B89 #154189

triadic

#157B89 #89157B #7B8915

tetradic

#157B89 #5D1589 #892315 #418915

square

#157B89 #5D1589 #892315 #418915

split-complementary

#157B89 #891541 #895D15

monochromatic

#051C1F #0D4B54 #157B89 #1DABBE #38CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#157B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#157B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B89

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B89	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F768A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.088 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1ab',
    500: '#157b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b89;
$custom-light: #6ba1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53576,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B89

secondary

#BD4C3D

accent

#4E38F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B89

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

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