#156B8A#156B8A

#156B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.090 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B8A
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -12.82, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 27.15, 241.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0599 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.09 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1525, 12.5085, 25.9191)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B8A #8A3415

analogous

#158A6E #156B8A #15318A

triadic

#156B8A #8A156B #6B8A15

tetradic

#156B8A #6E158A #8A3415 #318A15

square

#156B8A #6E158A #8A3415 #318A15

split-complementary

#156B8A #8A1531 #8A6E15

monochromatic

#051920 #0D4255 #156B8A #1D94BF #39B4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#156B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#156B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B8A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B8A	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.090 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995ac',
    500: '#156b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b8a;
$custom-light: #6995ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49461,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B8A

secondary

#BE5F3D

accent

#6838F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B8A

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

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