#157B8E#157B8E

#157B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.090 H 214.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B8E
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, -20.28, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 27.19, 221.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% -0.0741 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.09 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2726, 16.2768, 28.0808)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B8E #8E2815

analogous

#158E64 #157B8E #153F8E

triadic

#157B8E #8E157B #7B8E15

tetradic

#157B8E #64158E #8E2815 #3F8E15

square

#157B8E #64158E #8E2815 #3F8E15

split-complementary

#157B8E #8E153F #8E6415

monochromatic

#051F23 #0D4D59 #157B8E #1DA9C3 #3BC8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#157B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#157B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B8E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B8E	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.090 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1af',
    500: '#157b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b8e;
$custom-light: #6ba1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53794,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B8E

secondary

#C2523D

accent

#5437F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B8E

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

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