#157F9E#157F9E

#157F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.099 H 224.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#157F9E
RGB	rgb(21, 127, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(194, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, -16.80, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 29.74, 235.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% -0.0715 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.099 224)
XYZ	xyz(14.0676, 17.8050, 35.0364)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#157F9E #9E3415

analogous

#159E79 #157F9E #153A9E

triadic

#157F9E #9E157F #7F9E15

tetradic

#157F9E #79159E #9E3415 #3A9E15

square

#157F9E #79159E #9E3415 #3A9E15

split-complementary

#157F9E #9E153A #9E7915

monochromatic

#072832 #0E5468 #157F9E #1CAAD4 #47C2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#157F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#157F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #157F9E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##157F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##157F9E	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #157f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 127, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.099 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea4ba',
    500: '#157f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #157f9e;
$custom-light: #6ea4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#157f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55556,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.17807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#157F9E

secondary

#C76447

accent

#6035F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #157F9E

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

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