#157C8E#157C8E

#157C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.090 H 213.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C8E
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -20.81, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 27.27, 220.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% -0.0751 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.09 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3973, 16.5261, 28.1224)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C8E #8E2715

analogous

#158E64 #157C8E #153F8E

triadic

#157C8E #8E157C #7C8E15

tetradic

#157C8E #64158E #8E2715 #3F8E15

square

#157C8E #64158E #8E2715 #3F8E15

split-complementary

#157C8E #8E153F #8E6415

monochromatic

#051F23 #0D4D59 #157C8E #1DABC3 #3BC9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#157C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#157C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C8E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C8E	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.090 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba2af',
    500: '#157c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c8e;
$custom-light: #6ba2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54054,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C8E

secondary

#C2513D

accent

#5337F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C8E

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

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