#156A7E#156A7E

#156A7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.081 H 218.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A7E
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, -16.63, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 24.51, 227.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% -0.0638 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.081 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2276, 11.9727, 21.5592)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A7E #7E2915

analogous

#157E5E #156A7E #15367E

triadic

#156A7E #7E156A #6A7E15

tetradic

#156A7E #5E157E #7E2915 #367E15

square

#156A7E #5E157E #7E2915 #367E15

split-complementary

#156A7E #7E1536 #7E5E15

monochromatic

#04161A #0C3E4A #156A7E #1E96B2 #31BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#156A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#156A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A7E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A7E	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.081 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6794a3',
    500: '#156a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a7e;
$custom-light: #6794a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48616,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A7E

secondary

#B3523C

accent

#5C3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A7E

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

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