#156D78#156D78

#156D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.079 H 207.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D78
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 120)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, -20.38, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 24.29, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% -0.0696 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.079 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1666, 12.4516, 19.6859)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D78 #782015

analogous

#157852 #156D78 #153B78

triadic

#156D78 #78156D #6D7815

tetradic

#156D78 #521578 #782015 #3B7815

square

#156D78 #521578 #782015 #3B7815

split-complementary

#156D78 #78153B #785215

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3E44 #156D78 #1E9CAC #2DC7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#156D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D78

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D78	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.079 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66979f',
    500: '#156d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d78;
$custom-light: #66979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49145,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D78

secondary

#AE483B

accent

#4F3BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D78

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

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