#157D9E#157D9E

#157D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.100 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157D9E
RGB	rgb(21, 125, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(194, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, -15.70, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 29.96, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0696 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.1 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8118, 17.2935, 34.9511)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157D9E #9E3615

analogous

#159E7B #157D9E #15389E

triadic

#157D9E #9E157D #7D9E15

tetradic

#157D9E #7B159E #9E3615 #389E15

square

#157D9E #7B159E #9E3615 #389E15

split-complementary

#157D9E #9E1538 #9E7B15

monochromatic

#072832 #0E5268 #157D9E #1CA8D4 #47C0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#157D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#157D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157D9E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157D9E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 125, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.100 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea2ba',
    500: '#157d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157d9e;
$custom-light: #6ea2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.453,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5505,
    "c": 0.09993,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157D9E

secondary

#C76647

accent

#6335F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #157D9E

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

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