#156972#156972

#156972 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.076 H 206.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156972
RGB	rgb(21, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, -20.29, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 23.54, 210.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% -0.0681 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.076 206)
XYZ	xyz(8.3968, 11.4764, 17.6890)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156972 #721E15

analogous

#15724D #156972 #153B72

triadic

#156972 #721569 #697215

tetradic

#156972 #4D1572 #721E15 #3B7215

square

#156972 #4D1572 #721E15 #3B7215

split-complementary

#156972 #72153B #724D15

monochromatic

#05181A #0B393E #156972 #1F99A6 #2AC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#156972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#156972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156972

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156972	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.076 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65949a',
    500: '#156972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156972;
$custom-light: #65949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47813,
    "c": 0.07578,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.11477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156972

secondary

#A8453B

accent

#4D3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156972

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

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