#156B60#156B60

#156B60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.079 H 182.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B60
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 96)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, -27.14, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 27.16, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% -0.0791 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.079 182)
XYZ	xyz(7.6772, 11.5184, 12.8827)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B60 #6B1520

analogous

#156B35 #156B60 #154B6B

triadic

#156B60 #60156B #6B6015

tetradic

#156B60 #35156B #6B1520 #4B6B15

square

#156B60 #35156B #6B1520 #4B6B15

split-complementary

#156B60 #6B154B #6B3515

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3832 #156B60 #1F9E8E #29D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#156B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#156B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B60

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B60	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.079 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63968d',
    500: '#156b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b60;
$custom-light: #63968d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.326,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47668,
    "c": 0.07913,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.11519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B60

secondary

#A23A47

accent

#3E54EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B60

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

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