#156D53#156D53

#156D53 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.090 H 167.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D53
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 83)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(162, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, -31.78, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 32.65, 166.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% -0.088 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.09 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3384, 11.7203, 10.0574)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D53 #6D152F

analogous

#156D27 #156D53 #155B6D

triadic

#156D53 #53156D #6D5315

tetradic

#156D53 #27156D #6D152F #5B6D15

square

#156D53 #27156D #6D152F #5B6D15

split-complementary

#156D53 #6D155B #6D2715

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3A2C #156D53 #1FA07A #29D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#156D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D53

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D53	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.090 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639783',
    500: '#156d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d53;
$custom-light: #639783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47819,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D53

secondary

#A33A59

accent

#3D70EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D53

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

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