#156B7E#156B7E

#156B7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.081 H 217.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B7E
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, -17.19, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 24.53, 225.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% -0.0648 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.081 217)
XYZ	xyz(9.3312, 12.1800, 21.5938)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B7E #7E2815

analogous

#157E5D #156B7E #15377E

triadic

#156B7E #7E156B #6B7E15

tetradic

#156B7E #5D157E #7E2815 #377E15

square

#156B7E #5D157E #7E2815 #377E15

split-complementary

#156B7E #7E1537 #7E5D15

monochromatic

#04161A #0C3E4A #156B7E #1E98B2 #31BEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#156B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#156B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B7E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B7E	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.081 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a3',
    500: '#156b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b7e;
$custom-light: #6795a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4888,
    "c": 0.08122,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.12181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B7E

secondary

#B3513C

accent

#5A3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B7E

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

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