#156A6B#156A6B

#156A6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.075 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A6B
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 107)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, -23.17, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 24.37, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% -0.0725 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.075 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1159, 11.5280, 15.7045)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A6B #6B1615

analogous

#156B41 #156A6B #153F6B

triadic

#156A6B #6B156A #6A6B15

tetradic

#156A6B #41156B #6B1615 #3F6B15

square

#156A6B #41156B #6B1615 #3F6B15

split-complementary

#156A6B #6B153F #6B4115

monochromatic

#05191A #0B3738 #156A6B #1F9D9E #29CFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#156A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#156A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A6B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A6B	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62646B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.075 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649595',
    500: '#156a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a6b;
$custom-light: #649595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47799,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A6B

secondary

#A23B3A

accent

#403EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A6B

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

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