#157CA0#157CA0

#157CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.102 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157CA0
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, -14.41, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 30.64, 241.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.0678 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.102 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8594, 17.1110, 35.8232)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157CA0 #A03915

analogous

#15A07F #157CA0 #1536A0

triadic

#157CA0 #A0157C #7CA015

tetradic

#157CA0 #7F15A0 #A03915 #36A015

square

#157CA0 #7F15A0 #A03915 #36A015

split-complementary

#157CA0 #A01536 #A07F15

monochromatic

#072834 #0E526A #157CA0 #1CA6D6 #48BEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#157CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#157CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157CA0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157CA0	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.102 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea2bc',
    500: '#157ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157ca0;
$custom-light: #6ea2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54896,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157CA0

secondary

#C86A49

accent

#6634F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #157CA0

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

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