#157F8E#157F8E

#157F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.090 H 209.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F8E
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 142)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, -22.40, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 27.61, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% -0.0781 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.09 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7790, 17.2895, 28.2496)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F8E #8E2415

analogous

#158E61 #157F8E #15438E

triadic

#157F8E #8E157F #7F8E15

tetradic

#157F8E #61158E #8E2415 #438E15

square

#157F8E #61158E #8E2415 #438E15

split-complementary

#157F8E #8E1543 #8E6115

monochromatic

#052023 #0D4F59 #157F8E #1DAFC3 #3BCDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#157F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#157F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F8E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F8E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.090 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca4af',
    500: '#157f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f8e;
$custom-light: #6ca4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54834,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F8E

secondary

#C24E3D

accent

#4E37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F8E

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

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