#156C6B#156C6B

#156C6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.077 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#156C6B
RGBrgb(21, 108, 107)
HSLhsl(179, 67%, 25%)
HSVhsv(179, 81%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(80.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(41.13, -24.20, -6.54)
CIE-LCHlch(41.13, 25.07, 195.13°)
OKLaboklab(48.35% -0.0747 -0.0182)
OKLCHoklch(48.35% 0.077 193.7)
XYZxyz(8.3244, 11.9451, 15.7740)
Luminance0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#156C6B #6C1516
analogous
#156C3F #156C6B #15426C
triadic
#156C6B #6B156C #6C6B15
tetradic
#156C6B #3F156C #6C1516 #426C15
square
#156C6B #3F156C #6C1516 #426C15
split-complementary
#156C6B #6C1542 #6C3F15
monochromatic
#051A19 #0B3938 #156C6B #1F9F9E #29D2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20
#156C6B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39
#156C6B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156C6B
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##156C6B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##156C6B1.006.203.396.20
#FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00
#0000003.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#65666B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#585D6C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00706B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #156c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 108, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.077 193.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649695',
    500: '#156c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #156c6b;
$custom-light: #649695;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#156c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.31,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48345,
    "c": 0.07685,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#156C6B
secondary
#A33A3B
accent
#3D3FEA
background
#F6F9F9
surface
#EBF2F1
border
#C6CCCB
text
#060D0D
muted
#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

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#156C6B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva