#157E8E#157E8E

#157E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.090 H 211.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E8E
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, -21.87, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 27.48, 217.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0771 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.09 211)
XYZ	xyz(12.6505, 17.0325, 28.2068)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E8E #8E2515

analogous

#158E62 #157E8E #15428E

triadic

#157E8E #8E157E #7E8E15

tetradic

#157E8E #62158E #8E2515 #428E15

square

#157E8E #62158E #8E2515 #428E15

split-complementary

#157E8E #8E1542 #8E6215

monochromatic

#051F23 #0D4F59 #157E8E #1DADC3 #3BCCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#157E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#157E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E8E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E8E	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.090 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3af',
    500: '#157e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e8e;
$custom-light: #6ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54573,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.17034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E8E

secondary

#C24F3D

accent

#5037F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E8E

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

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