#156B8F#156B8F

#156B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.095 H 232.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156B8F
RGB	rgb(21, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(198, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, -10.95, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 28.74, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.058 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.095 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5229, 12.6567, 27.8696)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156B8F #8F3915

analogous

#158F76 #156B8F #152E8F

triadic

#156B8F #8F156B #6B8F15

tetradic

#156B8F #76158F #8F3915 #2E8F15

square

#156B8F #76158F #8F3915 #2E8F15

split-complementary

#156B8F #8F152E #8F7615

monochromatic

#051B24 #0D435A #156B8F #1D93C4 #3CB1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#156B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#156B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156B8F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156B8F	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.095 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95b0',
    500: '#156b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156b8f;
$custom-light: #6a95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49718,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156B8F

secondary

#C2653E

accent

#6E37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156B8F

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

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