#156B6E#156B6E

#156B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.076 H 198.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B6E
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, -22.70, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 24.32, 201.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% -0.0721 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.076 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3801, 11.7996, 16.5847)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B6E #6E1815

analogous

#156E44 #156B6E #153F6E

triadic

#156B6E #6E156B #6B6E15

tetradic

#156B6E #44156E #6E1815 #3F6E15

square

#156B6E #44156E #6E1815 #3F6E15

split-complementary

#156B6E #6E153F #6E4415

monochromatic

#05191A #0B393B #156B6E #1F9DA1 #29CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#156B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#156B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B6E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B6E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.076 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659597',
    500: '#156b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b6e;
$custom-light: #659597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.022,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4819,
    "c": 0.07609,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B6E

secondary

#A43E3A

accent

#433DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B6E

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

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