#156A90#156A90

#156A90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.096 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156A90
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 144)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(199, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, -9.99, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 29.35, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0567 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.096 234)
XYZ	xyz(10.4953, 12.4798, 28.2358)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156A90 #903B15

analogous

#159079 #156A90 #152C90

triadic

#156A90 #90156A #6A9015

tetradic

#156A90 #791590 #903B15 #2C9015

square

#156A90 #791590 #903B15 #2C9015

split-complementary

#156A90 #90152C #907915

monochromatic

#051B25 #0D435B #156A90 #1D91C5 #3DAFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#156A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#156A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156A90

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156A90	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.096 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94b0',
    500: '#156a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156a90;
$custom-light: #6a94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49516,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.12481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156A90

secondary

#C2673E

accent

#7037F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156A90

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

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