#156A59#156A59

#156A59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.082 H 175.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#156A59
RGBrgb(21, 106, 89)
HSLhsl(168, 67%, 25%)
HSVhsv(168, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 0%, 16%, 58.4%)
CIE-LABlab(39.90, -28.73, 2.59)
CIE-LCHlch(39.90, 28.84, 174.85°)
OKLaboklab(47.16% -0.0816 0.0064)
OKLCHoklch(47.16% 0.082 175.5)
XYZxyz(7.2655, 11.1879, 11.2258)
Luminance0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#156A59 #6A1526
analogous
#156A2F #156A59 #15516A
triadic
#156A59 #59156A #6A5915
tetradic
#156A59 #2F156A #6A1526 #516A15
square
#156A59 #2F156A #6A1526 #516A15
split-complementary
#156A59 #6A1551 #6A2F15
monochromatic
#051A15 #0B372E #156A59 #1F9D84 #29D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49
#156A59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24
#156A59 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A59
6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##156A59#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##156A591.006.493.246.49
#FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00
#0000003.2421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#666358
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B5B5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006B65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #156a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.082 175.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629587',
    500: '#156a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #156a59;
$custom-light: #629587;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#156a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47156,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#156A59
secondary
#A13A4F
accent
#3E60EA
background
#F6F9F8
surface
#EBF2EF
border
#C6CCCA
text
#060D0B
muted
#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A59

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#156A59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva