#157E89#157E89

#157E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.088 H 206.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E89
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 137)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, -23.57, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 27.40, 210.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0793 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.088 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2835, 16.8857, 26.2739)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E89 #892015

analogous

#15895A #157E89 #154489

triadic

#157E89 #89157E #7E8915

tetradic

#157E89 #5A1589 #892015 #448915

square

#157E89 #5A1589 #892015 #448915

split-complementary

#157E89 #891544 #895A15

monochromatic

#051C1F #0D4D54 #157E89 #1DAFBE #38D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#157E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#157E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E89

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E89	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.088 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ab',
    500: '#157e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e89;
$custom-light: #6ba3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54362,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E89

secondary

#BD493D

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E89

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

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