#156D55#156D55

#156D55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.088 H 169.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D55
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 85)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(164, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 0%, 22%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, -31.25, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 31.88, 168.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% -0.087 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.088 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4167, 11.7517, 10.4700)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D55 #6D152D

analogous

#156D29 #156D55 #15596D

triadic

#156D55 #55156D #6D5515

tetradic

#156D55 #29156D #6D152D #596D15

square

#156D55 #29156D #6D152D #596D15

split-complementary

#156D55 #6D1559 #6D2915

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3A2D #156D55 #1FA07D #29D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#156D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#156D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D55

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D55	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.088 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639784',
    500: '#156d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d55;
$custom-light: #639784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47877,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D55

secondary

#A33A57

accent

#3D6DEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D55

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

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