#156D5E#156D5E

#156D5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.082 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D5E
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(170, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, -28.70, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 28.73, 177.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% -0.0823 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.082 178)
XYZ	xyz(7.7973, 11.9039, 12.4742)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D5E #6D1524

analogous

#156D32 #156D5E #15506D

triadic

#156D5E #5E156D #6D5E15

tetradic

#156D5E #32156D #6D1524 #506D15

square

#156D5E #32156D #6D1524 #506D15

split-complementary

#156D5E #6D1550 #6D3215

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3A32 #156D5E #1FA08A #29D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#156D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D5E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D5E	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.082 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63978b',
    500: '#156d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d5e;
$custom-light: #63978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.773,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48158,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.11905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D5E

secondary

#A33A4C

accent

#3D5BEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D5E

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

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