#156A6E#156A6E

#156A6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.076 H 199.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#156A6E
RGBrgb(21, 106, 110)
HSLhsl(183, 68%, 26%)
HSVhsv(183, 81%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(80.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.56, -22.18, -9.22)
CIE-LCHlch(40.56, 24.02, 202.57°)
OKLaboklab(47.92% -0.0711 -0.0256)
OKLCHoklch(47.92% 0.076 199.8)
XYZxyz(8.2765, 11.5923, 16.5502)
Luminance0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#156A6E #6E1915
analogous
#156E45 #156A6E #153D6E
triadic
#156A6E #6E156A #6A6E15
tetradic
#156A6E #45156E #6E1915 #3D6E15
square
#156A6E #45156E #6E1915 #3D6E15
split-complementary
#156A6E #6E153D #6E4515
monochromatic
#05191A #0B383B #156A6E #1F9CA1 #29CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33
#156A6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32
#156A6E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A6E
6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##156A6E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##156A6E1.006.333.326.33
#FFFFFF6.331.0021.001.00
#0000003.3221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.331.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#62656E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#555C6E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006E6B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #156a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.076 199.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649597',
    500: '#156a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #156a6e;
$custom-light: #649597;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#156a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.697,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47918,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#156A6E
secondary
#A43F3A
accent
#453DEB
background
#F6F9F9
surface
#EBF1F2
border
#C6CBCC
text
#060D0D
muted
#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

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#156A6E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva