#157D8D#157D8D

#157D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.089 H 211.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D8D
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, -21.69, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 27.31, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% -0.0766 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.089 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4485, 16.7482, 27.7708)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D8D #8D2515

analogous

#158D61 #157D8D #15418D

triadic

#157D8D #8D157D #7D8D15

tetradic

#157D8D #61158D #8D2515 #418D15

square

#157D8D #61158D #8D2515 #418D15

split-complementary

#157D8D #8D1541 #8D6115

monochromatic

#051F22 #0D4E58 #157D8D #1DACC2 #3BCBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#157D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#157D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D8D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D8D	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.089 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ae',
    500: '#157d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d8d;
$custom-light: #6ba3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5427,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D8D

secondary

#C14F3D

accent

#5037F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D8D

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

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