#157E8A#157E8A

#157E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.089 H 207.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E8A
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, -23.23, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 27.39, 211.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% -0.0789 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.089 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3555, 16.9145, 26.6535)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E8A #8A2115

analogous

#158A5B #157E8A #15438A

triadic

#157E8A #8A157E #7E8A15

tetradic

#157E8A #5B158A #8A2115 #438A15

square

#157E8A #5B158A #8A2115 #438A15

split-complementary

#157E8A #8A1543 #8A5B15

monochromatic

#051D20 #0D4D55 #157E8A #1DAEBF #39D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#157E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#157E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E8A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E8A	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.089 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ac',
    500: '#157e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e8a;
$custom-light: #6ba3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54404,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E8A

secondary

#BE4A3D

accent

#4A38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E8A

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

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