#156C8A#156C8A

#156C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.090 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156C8A
RGB	rgb(21, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, -13.40, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 26.99, 240.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.0609 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.09 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2574, 12.7182, 25.9541)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156C8A #8A3315

analogous

#158A6D #156C8A #15318A

triadic

#156C8A #8A156C #6C8A15

tetradic

#156C8A #6D158A #8A3315 #318A15

square

#156C8A #6D158A #8A3315 #318A15

split-complementary

#156C8A #8A1531 #8A6D15

monochromatic

#051920 #0D4255 #156C8A #1D96BF #39B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#156C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#156C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156C8A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156C8A	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.090 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996ac',
    500: '#156c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156c8a;
$custom-light: #6996ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49719,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156C8A

secondary

#BE5E3D

accent

#6738F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156C8A

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

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