#156A72#156A72

#156A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 204.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A72
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, -20.83, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 23.76, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% -0.0692 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.076 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4992, 11.6813, 17.7231)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A72 #721D15

analogous

#15724C #156A72 #153C72

triadic

#156A72 #72156A #6A7215

tetradic

#156A72 #4C1572 #721D15 #3C7215

square

#156A72 #4C1572 #721D15 #3C7215

split-complementary

#156A72 #72153C #724C15

monochromatic

#05181A #0B3A3E #156A72 #1F9AA6 #2AC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#156A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A72

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A72	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959a',
    500: '#156a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a72;
$custom-light: #65959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48083,
    "c": 0.07613,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A72

secondary

#A8443B

accent

#4B3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A72

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

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