#156B68#156B68

#156B68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.077 H 191.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B68
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, -24.65, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 25.23, 192.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% -0.075 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.077 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0645, 11.6733, 14.9222)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B68 #6B1518

analogous

#156B3D #156B68 #15436B

triadic

#156B68 #68156B #6B6815

tetradic

#156B68 #3D156B #6B1518 #436B15

square

#156B68 #3D156B #6B1518 #436B15

split-complementary

#156B68 #6B1543 #6B3D15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3836 #156B68 #1F9E9A #29D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#156B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#156B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B68

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B68	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.077 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649693',
    500: '#156b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b68;
$custom-light: #649693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47957,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B68

secondary

#A23A3E

accent

#3E44EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B68

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

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