Recognised as Colour
#157C91
- #157C91
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#157C91 is a cyan with RGB values 21, 124, 145 and HSL 190°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#157C91#157C91
HEX#157C91
RGBrgb(21, 124, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4863, 0.5686
RGB percentages8.2%, 48.6%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(190.2, 74.7%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 85.5%, 56.9%)
CMYK85.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,408,145
CSS custom property--colour: #157C91;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.16619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#EA836E
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#912A15
Analogous#159168, #153E91
Triadic#91157C, #7C9115
Split complementary#91153E, #916815
Tetradic#681591, #912A15, #3E9115
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R21
G124
B145
Red21 (8.2%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue190.16°
Saturation (HSL)74.7%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 7C · B 91
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