#156A8D#156A8D

#156A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.093 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A8D
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, -11.12, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 28.29, 246.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% -0.0578 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.093 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2690, 12.3893, 27.0443)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A8D #8D3815

analogous

#158D74 #156A8D #152E8D

triadic

#156A8D #8D156A #6A8D15

tetradic

#156A8D #74158D #8D3815 #2E8D15

square

#156A8D #74158D #8D3815 #2E8D15

split-complementary

#156A8D #8D152E #8D7415

monochromatic

#051A22 #0D4258 #156A8D #1D92C2 #3BB1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#156A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#156A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A8D

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A8D	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.093 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6994ae',
    500: '#156a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a8d;
$custom-light: #6994ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49358,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A8D

secondary

#C1633D

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A8D

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

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