#156A5E#156A5E

#156A5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.079 H 180.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A5E
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 94)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, -27.25, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 27.26, 180.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% -0.079 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.079 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4827, 11.2747, 12.3694)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A5E #6A1521

analogous

#156A33 #156A5E #154C6A

triadic

#156A5E #5E156A #6A5E15

tetradic

#156A5E #33156A #6A1521 #4C6A15

square

#156A5E #33156A #6A1521 #4C6A15

split-complementary

#156A5E #6A154C #6A3315

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3731 #156A5E #1F9D8B #29D0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#156A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#156A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A5E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A5E	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65635E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.079 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63958b',
    500: '#156a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a5e;
$custom-light: #63958b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47321,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A5E

secondary

#A13A49

accent

#3E56EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A5E

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

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