#156B6C#156B6C

#156B6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B6C
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 108)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, -23.36, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 24.56, 198.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% -0.0731 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.076 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2725, 11.7565, 16.0177)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B6C #6C1615

analogous

#156C42 #156B6C #153F6C

triadic

#156B6C #6C156B #6B6C15

tetradic

#156B6C #42156C #6C1615 #3F6C15

square

#156B6C #42156C #6C1615 #3F6C15

split-complementary

#156B6C #6C153F #6C4215

monochromatic

#05191A #0B3839 #156B6C #1F9E9F #29D1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#156B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#156B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B6C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B6C	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63656C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649696',
    500: '#156b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b6c;
$custom-light: #649696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.69,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48111,
    "c": 0.07609,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B6C

secondary

#A33B3A

accent

#3F3DEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B6C

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

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