#157E8C#157E8C

#157E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.089 H 209.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E8C
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 140)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 10%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, -22.56, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 27.41, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% -0.078 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.089 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5016, 16.9730, 27.4231)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E8C #8C2315

analogous

#158C5F #157E8C #15438C

triadic

#157E8C #8C157E #7E8C15

tetradic

#157E8C #5F158C #8C2315 #438C15

square

#157E8C #5F158C #8C2315 #438C15

split-complementary

#157E8C #8C1543 #8C5F15

monochromatic

#051E22 #0D4E57 #157E8C #1DAEC1 #3ACEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#157E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#157E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E8C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E8C	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.089 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ad',
    500: '#157e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e8c;
$custom-light: #6ba3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54488,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E8C

secondary

#C04C3D

accent

#4D37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E8C

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

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