#157E8D#157E8D

#157E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.090 H 210.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E8D
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, -22.22, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 27.44, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% -0.0776 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.09 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5757, 17.0026, 27.8132)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E8D #8D2415

analogous

#158D60 #157E8D #15428D

triadic

#157E8D #8D157E #7E8D15

tetradic

#157E8D #60158D #8D2415 #428D15

square

#157E8D #60158D #8D2415 #428D15

split-complementary

#157E8D #8D1542 #8D6015

monochromatic

#051F22 #0D4E58 #157E8D #1DAEC2 #3BCDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#157E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#157E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E8D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E8D	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.090 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba3ae',
    500: '#157e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e8d;
$custom-light: #6ba3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54531,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E8D

secondary

#C14E3D

accent

#4E37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E8D

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

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