#157C8F#157C8F

#157C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.090 H 214.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C8F
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, -20.47, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 27.35, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% -0.0747 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.09 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4727, 16.5563, 28.5196)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C8F #8F2815

analogous

#158F65 #157C8F #153F8F

triadic

#157C8F #8F157C #7C8F15

tetradic

#157C8F #65158F #8F2815 #3F8F15

square

#157C8F #65158F #8F2815 #3F8F15

split-complementary

#157C8F #8F153F #8F6515

monochromatic

#051F24 #0D4E5A #157C8F #1DAAC4 #3CC8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#157C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#157C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C8F

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C8F	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.090 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca2af',
    500: '#157c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c8f;
$custom-light: #6ca2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54098,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C8F

secondary

#C2523E

accent

#5437F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C8F

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

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