#157C85#157C85

#157C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.087 H 204.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C85
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 133)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, -23.87, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 27.09, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% -0.0791 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.087 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7486, 16.2667, 24.7063)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C85 #851E15

analogous

#158556 #157C85 #154485

triadic

#157C85 #85157C #7C8515

tetradic

#157C85 #561585 #851E15 #448515

square

#157C85 #561585 #851E15 #448515

split-complementary

#157C85 #851544 #855615

monochromatic

#04191B #0D4B50 #157C85 #1DADBA #35D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#157C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#157C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C85

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C85	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)

#717686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.087 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aa2a8',
    500: '#157c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c85;
$custom-light: #6aa2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53672,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C85

secondary

#B9463C

accent

#4738EF

background

#F6FAFA

surface

#ECF3F4

border

#C7CDCE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7A7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C85

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

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