#156B8D#156B8D

#156B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.093 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B8D
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, -11.70, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 28.07, 245.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% -0.0588 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.093 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3727, 12.5966, 27.0788)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B8D #8D3715

analogous

#158D73 #156B8D #152F8D

triadic

#156B8D #8D156B #6B8D15

tetradic

#156B8D #73158D #8D3715 #2F8D15

square

#156B8D #73158D #8D3715 #2F8D15

split-complementary

#156B8D #8D152F #8D7315

monochromatic

#051A22 #0D4358 #156B8D #1D93C2 #3BB2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#156B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#156B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B8D

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B8D	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.093 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ae',
    500: '#156b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b8d;
$custom-light: #6a95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49614,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B8D

secondary

#C1623D

accent

#6C37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B8D

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

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