#156B80#156B80

#156B80 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.082 H 219.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B80
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 128)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(192, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, -16.47, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 24.83, 228.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% -0.064 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.082 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4616, 12.2321, 22.2803)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B80 #802A15

analogous

#158060 #156B80 #153680

triadic

#156B80 #80156B #6B8015

tetradic

#156B80 #601580 #802A15 #368015

square

#156B80 #601580 #802A15 #368015

split-complementary

#156B80 #801536 #806015

monochromatic

#04161A #0C3F4B #156B80 #1E97B5 #32BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#156B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#156B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B80

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B80	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.082 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a5',
    500: '#156b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b80;
$custom-light: #6795a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48973,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B80

secondary

#B5543C

accent

#5D39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B80

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

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