#156B6D#156B6D

#156B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B6D
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 109)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, -23.03, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 24.43, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% -0.0726 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.076 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3260, 11.7779, 16.2996)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B6D #6D1715

analogous

#156D43 #156B6D #153F6D

triadic

#156B6D #6D156B #6B6D15

tetradic

#156B6D #43156D #6D1715 #3F6D15

square

#156B6D #43156D #6D1715 #3F6D15

split-complementary

#156B6D #6D153F #6D4315

monochromatic

#05191A #0B393A #156B6D #1F9DA0 #29D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#156B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#156B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B6D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B6D	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649596',
    500: '#156b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b6d;
$custom-light: #649596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4815,
    "c": 0.07607,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B6D

secondary

#A33D3A

accent

#413DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B6D

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

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