#156B6A#156B6A

#156B6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.076 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B6A
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 106)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, -24.01, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 24.87, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% -0.0741 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.076 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1673, 11.7144, 15.4635)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B6A #6B1516

analogous

#156B3F #156B6A #15416B

triadic

#156B6A #6A156B #6B6A15

tetradic

#156B6A #3F156B #6B1516 #416B15

square

#156B6A #3F156B #6B1516 #416B15

split-complementary

#156B6A #6B1541 #6B3F15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3837 #156B6A #1F9E9D #29D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#156B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B6A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B6A	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64656A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.076 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649694',
    500: '#156b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b6a;
$custom-light: #649694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48033,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B6A

secondary

#A23A3B

accent

#3E40EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B6A

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

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