#157F8A#157F8A

#157F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 206.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F8A
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 138)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, -23.75, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 27.58, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0799 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.089 206)
XYZ	xyz(12.4840, 17.1716, 26.6963)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F8A #8A2015

analogous

#158A5A #157F8A #15448A

triadic

#157F8A #8A157F #7F8A15

tetradic

#157F8A #5A158A #8A2015 #448A15

square

#157F8A #5A158A #8A2015 #448A15

split-complementary

#157F8A #8A1544 #8A5A15

monochromatic

#051D20 #0D4E55 #157F8A #1DB0BF #39D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#157F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#157F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F8A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F8A	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)

#737A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4ac',
    500: '#157f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f8a;
$custom-light: #6ba4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54666,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.17173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F8A

secondary

#BE493D

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F8A

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

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