#156B74#156B74

#156B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.077 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B74
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 116)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, -20.68, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 23.93, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% -0.0693 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.077 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7179, 11.9347, 18.3638)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B74 #741E15

analogous

#15744E #156B74 #153C74

triadic

#156B74 #74156B #6B7415

tetradic

#156B74 #4E1574 #741E15 #3C7415

square

#156B74 #4E1574 #741E15 #3C7415

split-complementary

#156B74 #74153C #744E15

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B40 #156B74 #1E9BA8 #2BC8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#156B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#156B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B74

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B74	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.077 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959c',
    500: '#156b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b74;
$custom-light: #65959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48437,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B74

secondary

#AA453B

accent

#4C3CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B74

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

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