#156D7E#156D7E

#156D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.081 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D7E
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, -18.29, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 24.63, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% -0.0669 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.081 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5422, 12.6019, 21.6641)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D7E #7E2615

analogous

#157E5B #156D7E #15397E

triadic

#156D7E #7E156D #6D7E15

tetradic

#156D7E #5B157E #7E2615 #397E15

square

#156D7E #5B157E #7E2615 #397E15

split-complementary

#156D7E #7E1539 #7E5B15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C404A #156D7E #1E9AB2 #31C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#156D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#156D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D7E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D7E	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61697F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.081 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a3',
    500: '#156d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d7e;
$custom-light: #6797a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49409,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D7E

secondary

#B34F3C

accent

#573AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D7E

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

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