#157F89#157F89

#157F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.089 H 205.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F89
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 137)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, -24.08, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 27.60, 209.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% -0.0803 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.089 205)
XYZ	xyz(12.4120, 17.1427, 26.3168)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F89 #891F15

analogous

#158959 #157F89 #154589

triadic

#157F89 #89157F #7F8915

tetradic

#157F89 #591589 #891F15 #458915

square

#157F89 #591589 #891F15 #458915

split-complementary

#157F89 #891545 #895915

monochromatic

#051D1F #0D4E54 #157F89 #1DB0BE #38D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#157F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#157F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F89

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F89	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74798A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.089 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4ab',
    500: '#157f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f89;
$custom-light: #6ba4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54624,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.17144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F89

secondary

#BD483D

accent

#4838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F89

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

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