#157CA1#157CA1

#157CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.103 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157CA1
RGB	rgb(21, 124, 161)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(196, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87%, 23%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, -14.05, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 30.93, 242.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0675 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.103 229)
XYZ	xyz(13.9473, 17.1461, 36.2857)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157CA1 #A13A15

analogous

#15A180 #157CA1 #1536A1

triadic

#157CA1 #A1157C #7CA115

tetradic

#157CA1 #8015A1 #A13A15 #36A115

square

#157CA1 #8015A1 #A13A15 #36A115

split-complementary

#157CA1 #A11536 #A18015

monochromatic

#072935 #0E526B #157CA1 #1CA6D7 #49BDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#157CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#157CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157CA1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157CA1	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 124, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.103 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa2bd',
    500: '#157ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157ca1;
$custom-light: #6fa2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54946,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.17148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157CA1

secondary

#C86B49

accent

#6734F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #157CA1

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

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