#157F8C#157F8C

#157F8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 208.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F8C
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 140)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 9.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, -23.08, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 27.57, 213.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.079 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.089 208)
XYZ	xyz(12.6302, 17.2300, 27.4659)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F8C #8C2215

analogous

#158C5E #157F8C #15448C

triadic

#157F8C #8C157F #7F8C15

tetradic

#157F8C #5E158C #8C2215 #448C15

square

#157F8C #5E158C #8C2215 #448C15

split-complementary

#157F8C #8C1544 #8C5E15

monochromatic

#051E22 #0D4F57 #157F8C #1DAFC1 #3ACFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#157F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#157F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F8C

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F8C	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4ad',
    500: '#157f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f8c;
$custom-light: #6ba4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54749,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F8C

secondary

#C04B3D

accent

#4B37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F8C

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

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