#157D8A#157D8A

#157D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.088 H 208.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D8A
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -22.71, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 27.21, 213.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% -0.0779 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.088 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2283, 16.6601, 26.6111)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D8A #8A2215

analogous

#158A5C #157D8A #15428A

triadic

#157D8A #8A157D #7D8A15

tetradic

#157D8A #5C158A #8A2215 #428A15

square

#157D8A #5C158A #8A2215 #428A15

split-complementary

#157D8A #8A1542 #8A5C15

monochromatic

#051D20 #0D4D55 #157D8A #1DADBF #39CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#157D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#157D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D8A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D8A	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71788B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.088 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ac',
    500: '#157d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d8a;
$custom-light: #6ba3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54142,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D8A

secondary

#BE4B3D

accent

#4C38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D8A

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

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