#156B5C#156B5C

#156B5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.081 H 177.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B5C
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 92)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(170, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 14%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, -28.33, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 28.37, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% -0.0811 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.081 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4977, 11.4466, 11.9374)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B5C #6B1524

analogous

#156B31 #156B5C #154F6B

triadic

#156B5C #5C156B #6B5C15

tetradic

#156B5C #31156B #6B1524 #4F6B15

square

#156B5C #31156B #6B1524 #4F6B15

split-complementary

#156B5C #6B154F #6B3115

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3830 #156B5C #1F9E88 #29D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#156B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#156B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B5C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B5C	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.081 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63968a',
    500: '#156b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b5c;
$custom-light: #63968a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.535,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47533,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B5C

secondary

#A23A4C

accent

#3E5CEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B5C

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

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