#156B8E#156B8E

#156B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.094 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B8E
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, -11.33, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 28.40, 246.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% -0.0584 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.094 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4474, 12.6265, 27.4725)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B8E #8E3815

analogous

#158E74 #156B8E #152F8E

triadic

#156B8E #8E156B #6B8E15

tetradic

#156B8E #74158E #8E3815 #2F8E15

square

#156B8E #74158E #8E3815 #2F8E15

split-complementary

#156B8E #8E152F #8E7415

monochromatic

#051B23 #0D4359 #156B8E #1D93C3 #3BB2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#156B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#156B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B8E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B8E	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.094 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95af',
    500: '#156b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b8e;
$custom-light: #6a95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49666,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B8E

secondary

#C2633D

accent

#6D37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B8E

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

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