#157D8E#157D8E

#157D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.090 H 212.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D8E
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, -21.35, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 27.36, 218.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0761 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.09 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5232, 16.7781, 28.1644)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D8E #8E2615

analogous

#158E63 #157D8E #15408E

triadic

#157D8E #8E157D #7D8E15

tetradic

#157D8E #63158E #8E2615 #408E15

square

#157D8E #63158E #8E2615 #408E15

split-complementary

#157D8E #8E1540 #8E6315

monochromatic

#051F23 #0D4E59 #157D8E #1DACC3 #3BCBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#157D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#157D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D8E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D8E	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.090 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3af',
    500: '#157d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d8e;
$custom-light: #6ba3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D8E

secondary

#C2503D

accent

#5137F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D8E

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

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