#156C8F#156C8F

#156C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.094 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156C8F
RGB	rgb(21, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, -11.54, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 28.51, 246.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% -0.059 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.094 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6277, 12.8664, 27.9046)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156C8F #8F3815

analogous

#158F75 #156C8F #152F8F

triadic

#156C8F #8F156C #6C8F15

tetradic

#156C8F #75158F #8F3815 #2F8F15

square

#156C8F #75158F #8F3815 #2F8F15

split-complementary

#156C8F #8F152F #8F7515

monochromatic

#051B24 #0D445A #156C8F #1D94C4 #3CB3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#156C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#156C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156C8F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156C8F	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.094 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96b0',
    500: '#156c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156c8f;
$custom-light: #6a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49974,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156C8F

secondary

#C2643E

accent

#6C37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156C8F

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

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