#156A6F#156A6F

#156A6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.076 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A6F
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, -21.84, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 23.93, 204.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% -0.0706 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.076 201)
XYZ	xyz(8.3312, 11.6142, 16.8385)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A6F #6F1A15

analogous

#156F47 #156A6F #153D6F

triadic

#156A6F #6F156A #6A6F15

tetradic

#156A6F #47156F #6F1A15 #3D6F15

square

#156A6F #47156F #6F1A15 #3D6F15

split-complementary

#156A6F #6F153D #6F4715

monochromatic

#05191A #0B393C #156A6F #1F9BA2 #28CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#156A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#156A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A6F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A6F	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61656F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.076 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659598',
    500: '#156a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a6f;
$custom-light: #659598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47959,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.11615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A6F

secondary

#A5403A

accent

#463DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A6F

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

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