#156B57#156B57

#156B57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.084 H 172.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B57
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(166, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 18.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, -29.77, 4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 30.07, 171.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% -0.0837 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.084 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2864, 11.3621, 10.8241)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B57 #6B1529

analogous

#156B2C #156B57 #15546B

triadic

#156B57 #57156B #6B5715

tetradic

#156B57 #2C156B #6B1529 #546B15

square

#156B57 #2C156B #6B1529 #546B15

split-complementary

#156B57 #6B1554 #6B2C15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B382D #156B57 #1F9E81 #29D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#156B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#156B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B57

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B57	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.084 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629686',
    500: '#156b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b57;
$custom-light: #629686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47374,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B57

secondary

#A23A52

accent

#3E66EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B57

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

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