#156B6F#156B6F

#156B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.076 H 199.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B6F
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, -22.37, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 24.21, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% -0.0716 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.076 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4349, 11.8215, 16.8731)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B6F #6F1915

analogous

#156F46 #156B6F #153E6F

triadic

#156B6F #6F156B #6B6F15

tetradic

#156B6F #46156F #6F1915 #3E6F15

square

#156B6F #46156F #6F1915 #3E6F15

split-complementary

#156B6F #6F153E #6F4615

monochromatic

#05191A #0B393C #156B6F #1F9DA2 #28CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#156B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#156B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B6F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B6F	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62666F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.076 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659598',
    500: '#156b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b6f;
$custom-light: #659598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4823,
    "c": 0.07614,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B6F

secondary

#A53F3A

accent

#453DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B6F

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

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