#156A73#156A73

#156A73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 205.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A73
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 115)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, -20.49, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 23.74, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% -0.0687 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.076 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5564, 11.7042, 18.0245)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A73 #731E15

analogous

#15734D #156A73 #153B73

triadic

#156A73 #73156A #6A7315

tetradic

#156A73 #4D1573 #731E15 #3B7315

square

#156A73 #4D1573 #731E15 #3B7315

split-complementary

#156A73 #73153B #734D15

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3A3F #156A73 #1E9AA7 #2AC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#156A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A73

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A73	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)

#606574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959b',
    500: '#156a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a73;
$custom-light: #65959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48126,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A73

secondary

#A9453B

accent

#4D3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A73

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

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