#156B5E#156B5E

#156B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.080 H 179.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B5E
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, -27.74, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 27.74, 179.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% -0.0801 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.08 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5863, 11.4820, 12.4039)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B5E #6B1522

analogous

#156B33 #156B5E #154D6B

triadic

#156B5E #5E156B #6B5E15

tetradic

#156B5E #33156B #6B1522 #4D6B15

square

#156B5E #33156B #6B1522 #4D6B15

split-complementary

#156B5E #6B154D #6B3315

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3831 #156B5E #1F9E8B #29D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#156B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#156B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B5E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B5E	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.080 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63968b',
    500: '#156b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b5e;
$custom-light: #63968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.93,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.476,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B5E

secondary

#A23A4A

accent

#3E58EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B5E

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

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