#157C9E#157C9E

#157C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.100 H 226.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157C9E
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(195, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -15.14, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 30.09, 239.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% -0.0686 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.1 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6859, 17.0416, 34.9092)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157C9E #9E3715

analogous

#159E7C #157C9E #15379E

triadic

#157C9E #9E157C #7C9E15

tetradic

#157C9E #7C159E #9E3715 #379E15

square

#157C9E #7C159E #9E3715 #379E15

split-complementary

#157C9E #9E1537 #9E7C15

monochromatic

#072732 #0E5268 #157C9E #1CA6D4 #47BFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#157C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#157C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157C9E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157C9E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.100 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea2ba',
    500: '#157c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157c9e;
$custom-light: #6ea2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54797,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157C9E

secondary

#C76747

accent

#6435F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #157C9E

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

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