#156A69#156A69

#156A69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.076 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A69
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, -23.82, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 24.67, 195.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% -0.0735 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.076 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0119, 11.4864, 15.1567)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A69 #6A1516

analogous

#156A3E #156A69 #15416A

triadic

#156A69 #69156A #6A6915

tetradic

#156A69 #3E156A #6A1516 #416A15

square

#156A69 #3E156A #6A1516 #416A15

split-complementary

#156A69 #6A1541 #6A3E15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3736 #156A69 #1F9D9C #29D0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#156A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#156A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A69

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A69	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)

#636469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.076 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649593',
    500: '#156a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a69;
$custom-light: #649593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47721,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A69

secondary

#A13A3B

accent

#3E40EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A69

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

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