#157B8D#157B8D

#157B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.089 H 213.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B8D
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 141)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, -20.63, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 27.10, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0746 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.089 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1978, 16.2469, 27.6872)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B8D #8D2715

analogous

#158D63 #157B8D #153F8D

triadic

#157B8D #8D157B #7B8D15

tetradic

#157B8D #63158D #8D2715 #3F8D15

square

#157B8D #63158D #8D2715 #3F8D15

split-complementary

#157B8D #8D153F #8D6315

monochromatic

#051E22 #0D4D58 #157B8D #1DA9C2 #3BC9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#157B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#157B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B8D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B8D	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.089 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1ae',
    500: '#157b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b8d;
$custom-light: #6ba1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5375,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B8D

secondary

#C1513D

accent

#5337F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B8D

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

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