#156A7B#156A7B

#156A7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.080 H 215.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A7B
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 123)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, -17.70, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 24.11, 222.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% -0.0651 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.08 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0369, 11.8964, 20.5550)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A7B #7B2615

analogous

#157B59 #156A7B #15377B

triadic

#156A7B #7B156A #6A7B15

tetradic

#156A7B #59157B #7B2615 #377B15

square

#156A7B #59157B #7B2615 #377B15

split-complementary

#156A7B #7B1537 #7B5915

monochromatic

#04171A #0C3D47 #156A7B #1E97AF #2FBFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#156A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A7B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A7B	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E667C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.080 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6694a1',
    500: '#156a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a7b;
$custom-light: #6694a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48477,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A7B

secondary

#B04F3B

accent

#583AEE

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A7B

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

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