#157F8F#157F8F

#157F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.091 H 210.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F8F
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 143)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, -22.06, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 27.65, 217.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% -0.0777 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.091 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8544, 17.3197, 28.6468)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F8F #8F2515

analogous

#158F62 #157F8F #15428F

triadic

#157F8F #8F157F #7F8F15

tetradic

#157F8F #62158F #8F2515 #428F15

square

#157F8F #62158F #8F2515 #428F15

split-complementary

#157F8F #8F1542 #8F6215

monochromatic

#052024 #0D505A #157F8F #1DAEC4 #3CCDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#157F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#157F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F8F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F8F	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.091 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca4af',
    500: '#157f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f8f;
$custom-light: #6ca4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54876,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F8F

secondary

#C24F3E

accent

#4F37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F8F

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

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