#156C7E#156C7E

#156C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.081 H 215.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156C7E
RGB	rgb(21, 108, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, -17.74, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 24.57, 223.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% -0.0659 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.081 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4361, 12.3897, 21.6287)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156C7E #7E2715

analogous

#157E5C #156C7E #15387E

triadic

#156C7E #7E156C #6C7E15

tetradic

#156C7E #5C157E #7E2715 #387E15

square

#156C7E #5C157E #7E2715 #387E15

split-complementary

#156C7E #7E1538 #7E5C15

monochromatic

#04161A #0C3F4A #156C7E #1E99B2 #31BFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#156C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#156C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156C7E

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156C7E	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 108, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.081 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6796a3',
    500: '#156c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156c7e;
$custom-light: #6796a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49144,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156C7E

secondary

#B3503C

accent

#593AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156C7E

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

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