#156B73#156B73

#156B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.077 H 204.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B73
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, -21.02, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 23.95, 208.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% -0.0698 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.077 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6601, 11.9115, 18.0591)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B73 #731D15

analogous

#15734C #156B73 #153C73

triadic

#156B73 #73156B #6B7315

tetradic

#156B73 #4C1573 #731D15 #3C7315

square

#156B73 #4C1573 #731D15 #3C7315

split-complementary

#156B73 #73153C #734C15

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B3F #156B73 #1E9BA7 #2AC9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#156B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B73

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B73	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.077 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959b',
    500: '#156b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b73;
$custom-light: #65959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48395,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B73

secondary

#A9443B

accent

#4B3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B73

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

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