#156B70#156B70

#156B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.076 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B70
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 112)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, -22.03, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 24.12, 204.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0712 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.076 201)
XYZ	xyz(8.4903, 11.8436, 17.1647)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B70 #701A15

analogous

#157047 #156B70 #153D70

triadic

#156B70 #70156B #6B7015

tetradic

#156B70 #471570 #701A15 #3D7015

square

#156B70 #471570 #701A15 #3D7015

split-complementary

#156B70 #70153D #704715

monochromatic

#05191A #0B3A3C #156B70 #1F9CA4 #29CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#156B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#156B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B70

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B70	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.076 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659599',
    500: '#156b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b70;
$custom-light: #659599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.297,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48271,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.11845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B70

secondary

#A6403B

accent

#463DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B70

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

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