#156A8E#156A8E

#156A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.094 H 232.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A8E
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, -10.74, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 28.63, 247.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% -0.0574 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.094 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3438, 12.4192, 27.4379)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A8E #8E3915

analogous

#158E76 #156A8E #152E8E

triadic

#156A8E #8E156A #6A8E15

tetradic

#156A8E #76158E #8E3915 #2E8E15

square

#156A8E #76158E #8E3915 #2E8E15

split-complementary

#156A8E #8E152E #8E7615

monochromatic

#051A23 #0D4259 #156A8E #1D92C3 #3BB0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#156A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#156A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A8E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A8E	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.094 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94af',
    500: '#156a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a8e;
$custom-light: #6a94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4941,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A8E

secondary

#C2653D

accent

#6E37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A8E

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

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