#156A8F#156A8F

#156A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.095 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A8F
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, -10.37, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 28.99, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0571 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.095 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4192, 12.4493, 27.8351)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A8F #8F3A15

analogous

#158F77 #156A8F #152D8F

triadic

#156A8F #8F156A #6A8F15

tetradic

#156A8F #77158F #8F3A15 #2D8F15

square

#156A8F #77158F #8F3A15 #2D8F15

split-complementary

#156A8F #8F152D #8F7715

monochromatic

#051B24 #0D425A #156A8F #1D92C4 #3CB0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#156A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A8F

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A8F	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.095 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94b0',
    500: '#156a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a8f;
$custom-light: #6a94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49463,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A8F

secondary

#C2663E

accent

#6F37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A8F

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

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