#157E9E#157E9E

#157E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.100 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157E9E
RGB	rgb(21, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(194, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, -16.25, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 29.84, 237.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0705 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.1 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9391, 17.5480, 34.9936)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157E9E #9E3515

analogous

#159E7A #157E9E #15399E

triadic

#157E9E #9E157E #7E9E15

tetradic

#157E9E #7A159E #9E3515 #399E15

square

#157E9E #7A159E #9E3515 #399E15

split-complementary

#157E9E #9E1539 #9E7A15

monochromatic

#072832 #0E5368 #157E9E #1CA9D4 #47C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#157E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#157E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157E9E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157E9E	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.100 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3ba',
    500: '#157e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157e9e;
$custom-light: #6ea3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55303,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157E9E

secondary

#C76547

accent

#6135F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #157E9E

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

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