#156B72#156B72

#156B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.077 H 203.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B72
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, -21.36, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 24.00, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% -0.0702 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.077 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6029, 11.8887, 17.7577)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B72 #721C15

analogous

#15724B #156B72 #153D72

triadic

#156B72 #72156B #6B7215

tetradic

#156B72 #4B1572 #721C15 #3D7215

square

#156B72 #4B1572 #721C15 #3D7215

split-complementary

#156B72 #72153D #724B15

monochromatic

#05181A #0B3A3E #156B72 #1F9CA6 #2ACBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#156B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B72

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B72	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.077 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959a',
    500: '#156b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b72;
$custom-light: #65959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48353,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B72

secondary

#A8433B

accent

#493CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B72

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

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