#156A5B#156A5B

#156A5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.081 H 177.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A5B
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 91)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 14.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, -28.14, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 28.18, 177.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% -0.0806 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.081 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3507, 11.2219, 11.6741)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A5B #6A1524

analogous

#156A31 #156A5B #154E6A

triadic

#156A5B #5B156A #6A5B15

tetradic

#156A5B #31156A #6A1524 #4E6A15

square

#156A5B #31156A #6A1524 #4E6A15

split-complementary

#156A5B #6A154E #6A3115

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B372F #156A5B #1F9D87 #29D0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#156A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#156A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A5B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A5B	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65635A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.081 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639589',
    500: '#156a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a5b;
$custom-light: #639589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47221,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A5B

secondary

#A13A4C

accent

#3E5CEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A5B

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

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