#156B66#156B66

#156B66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.077 H 188.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B66
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 102)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(177, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, -25.29, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 25.64, 189.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% -0.0761 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.077 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9641, 11.6331, 14.3935)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B66 #6B151A

analogous

#156B3B #156B66 #15456B

triadic

#156B66 #66156B #6B6615

tetradic

#156B66 #3B156B #6B151A #456B15

square

#156B66 #3B156B #6B151A #456B15

split-complementary

#156B66 #6B1545 #6B3B15

monochromatic

#051A18 #0B3835 #156B66 #1F9E97 #29D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#156B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#156B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B66

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B66	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595C67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.077 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649691',
    500: '#156b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b66;
$custom-light: #649691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.512,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47883,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B66

secondary

#A23A40

accent

#3E48EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B66

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

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