#156B61#156B61

#156B61 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.079 H 183.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B61
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 97)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 9.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, -26.84, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 26.88, 183.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% -0.0786 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.079 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7236, 11.5369, 13.1267)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B61 #6B151F

analogous

#156B36 #156B61 #154A6B

triadic

#156B61 #61156B #6B6115

tetradic

#156B61 #36156B #6B151F #4A6B15

square

#156B61 #36156B #6B151F #4A6B15

split-complementary

#156B61 #6B154A #6B3615

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3833 #156B61 #1F9E8F #29D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#156B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#156B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B61

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B61	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5C62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.079 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63968d',
    500: '#156b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b61;
$custom-light: #63968d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.023,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47703,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B61

secondary

#A23A46

accent

#3E52EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B61

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

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