#157B8F#157B8F

#157B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.090 H 215.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157B8F
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 143)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 14%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, -19.93, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 27.29, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% -0.0737 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.09 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3480, 16.3069, 28.4780)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157B8F #8F2915

analogous

#158F66 #157B8F #153E8F

triadic

#157B8F #8F157B #7B8F15

tetradic

#157B8F #66158F #8F2915 #3E8F15

square

#157B8F #66158F #8F2915 #3E8F15

split-complementary

#157B8F #8F153E #8F6615

monochromatic

#051F24 #0D4D5A #157B8F #1DA9C4 #3CC7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#157B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#157B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157B8F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157B8F	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)

#6D7790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.090 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1af',
    500: '#157b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157b8f;
$custom-light: #6ba1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53838,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157B8F

secondary

#C2533E

accent

#5537F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157B8F

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

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