#157BA1#157BA1

#157BA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.103 H 229.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157BA1
RGB	rgb(21, 123, 161)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(196, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87%, 23.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, -13.48, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 31.11, 244.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0665 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.103 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8226, 16.8968, 36.2442)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157BA1 #A13B15

analogous

#15A181 #157BA1 #1535A1

triadic

#157BA1 #A1157B #7BA115

tetradic

#157BA1 #8115A1 #A13B15 #35A115

square

#157BA1 #8115A1 #A13B15 #35A115

split-complementary

#157BA1 #A11535 #A18115

monochromatic

#072835 #0E526B #157BA1 #1CA4D7 #49BCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#157BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#157BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157BA1

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157BA1	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6779A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 123, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.103 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa1bd',
    500: '#157ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157ba1;
$custom-light: #6fa1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54694,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157BA1

secondary

#C86C49

accent

#6834F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #157BA1

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

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