#157B8A#157B8A

#157B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.088 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B8A
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 138)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, -21.66, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 26.92, 216.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% -0.0759 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.088 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9776, 16.1588, 26.5275)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B8A #8A2415

analogous

#158A5E #157B8A #15408A

triadic

#157B8A #8A157B #7B8A15

tetradic

#157B8A #5E158A #8A2415 #408A15

square

#157B8A #5E158A #8A2415 #408A15

split-complementary

#157B8A #8A1540 #8A5E15

monochromatic

#051C20 #0D4C55 #157B8A #1DAABF #39CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#157B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#157B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B8A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B8A	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F768B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.088 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1ac',
    500: '#157b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b8a;
$custom-light: #6ba1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53619,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B8A

secondary

#BE4D3D

accent

#4F38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B8A

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

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