#157C8C#157C8C

#157C8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.089 H 211.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C8C
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 140)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 11.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -21.50, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 27.14, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.076 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.089 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2485, 16.4666, 27.3387)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C8C #8C2515

analogous

#158C61 #157C8C #15418C

triadic

#157C8C #8C157C #7C8C15

tetradic

#157C8C #61158C #8C2515 #418C15

square

#157C8C #61158C #8C2515 #418C15

split-complementary

#157C8C #8C1541 #8C6115

monochromatic

#051E22 #0D4D57 #157C8C #1DABC1 #3ACBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#157C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#157C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C8C

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C8C	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.089 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba2ad',
    500: '#157c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c8c;
$custom-light: #6ba2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53967,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C8C

secondary

#C04F3D

accent

#5037F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C8C

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

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