#156B78#156B78

#156B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.078 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B78
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 120)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, -19.30, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 23.98, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% -0.0675 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.078 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9556, 12.0298, 19.6156)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B78 #782215

analogous

#157854 #156B78 #153978

triadic

#156B78 #78156B #6B7815

tetradic

#156B78 #541578 #782215 #397815

square

#156B78 #541578 #782215 #397815

split-complementary

#156B78 #781539 #785415

monochromatic

#05171A #0C3D44 #156B78 #1E99AC #2DC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#156B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#156B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B78

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B78	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.078 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959f',
    500: '#156b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b78;
$custom-light: #66959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4861,
    "c": 0.07827,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B78

secondary

#AE4A3B

accent

#523BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B78

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

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