#156C8E#156C8E

#156C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.093 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156C8E
RGB	rgb(21, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -11.91, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 28.18, 245.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% -0.0594 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.093 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5523, 12.8362, 27.5074)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156C8E #8E3715

analogous

#158E74 #156C8E #152F8E

triadic

#156C8E #8E156C #6C8E15

tetradic

#156C8E #74158E #8E3715 #2F8E15

square

#156C8E #74158E #8E3715 #2F8E15

split-complementary

#156C8E #8E152F #8E7415

monochromatic

#051B23 #0D4359 #156C8E #1D95C3 #3BB3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#156C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#156C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156C8E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156C8E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.093 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96af',
    500: '#156c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156c8e;
$custom-light: #6a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49922,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156C8E

secondary

#C2623D

accent

#6B37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156C8E

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

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