#156A83#156A83

#156A83 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.085 H 223.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A83
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 131)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 19.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, -14.82, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 25.45, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% -0.0617 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.085 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5583, 12.1050, 23.3011)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A83 #832E15

analogous

#158365 #156A83 #153383

triadic

#156A83 #83156A #6A8315

tetradic

#156A83 #651583 #832E15 #338315

square

#156A83 #651583 #832E15 #338315

split-complementary

#156A83 #831533 #836515

monochromatic

#04151A #0D3F4E #156A83 #1D95B8 #34B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#156A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#156A83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A83

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A83	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.085 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6894a7',
    500: '#156a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a83;
$custom-light: #6894a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 72.368,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48854,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A83

secondary

#B8583C

accent

#6239EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A83

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

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