#157BA0#157BA0

#157BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.102 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157BA0
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, -13.85, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 30.81, 243.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% -0.0669 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.102 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7348, 16.8616, 35.7816)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157BA0 #A03A15

analogous

#15A07F #157BA0 #1536A0

triadic

#157BA0 #A0157B #7BA015

tetradic

#157BA0 #7F15A0 #A03A15 #36A015

square

#157BA0 #7F15A0 #A03A15 #36A015

split-complementary

#157BA0 #A01536 #A07F15

monochromatic

#072834 #0E516A #157BA0 #1CA5D6 #48BDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#157BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#157BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157BA0

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157BA0	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6879A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.102 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea1bc',
    500: '#157ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157ba0;
$custom-light: #6ea1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157BA0

secondary

#C86B49

accent

#6734F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #157BA0

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

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